Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy in order to deceive others
Collusion
Fact of the Day
Pounds, shillings and pence were rooted in Roman librae, solidi and denarii. This is where the abbreviation LSD comes from.
Quote of the Day
"Grant that we may from henceforth show ourselves neither bastards nor dastards.
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~ Peter Wentworth on the House of Commons' freedom of speech, 1576
On This Day
1129 The Council of Troyes recognised and confirmed the Order of the Knights Templar under papal authority.
1691 George Fox, founder of the Quakers, died.
1842 East India Company's Dr William Brydon reached Jalalabad. The only one out of 16500 soldiers and civilians to reach safety after the massacre by Afghan tribes.
1898 Émile Zola's open letter J'accuse was published in the French newspaper L'Aurore, in defence of Alfred Dreyfus.
1929 Wyatt Earp, famous for the shootout in Tombstone, Arizona, died of chronic cystitis.
1935 Over 90% of voters opted to reunify with Germany in the Saar territorial status referendum.
1941 Irish novelist and poet James Joyce died, after undergoing surgery for a perforated ulcer.
1958 Serial killer Peter Manuel was arrested. He was tried for killing nine people, although he may have killed as many as 18.
2004 Dr Harold Shipman, who killed more than 200 of his patients, was found dead in his cell.