IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1546.—Martin Luther died. 1564.—Galileo born. 1775.—Charles Lamb born. 1861.—Jefferson Davis made President of Confederate States. IS7l.—French Republican Government recognised by Powers. 1884.—General Gordon reached Khartoum. The first regular troops and standing army were formed by King Saul about 1093 B.C The solitary wasp is so-named from the fact that each egg is hatched in a separate nest. The Post Office London Directory, recently contained nearly 4,000 pages and weighed 11 Jibs. _ Over half a million visited the Exhibition of Flemish paintings at Antwerp last year.
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Evening Star, Issue 20721, 18 February 1931, Page 1
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89IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20721, 18 February 1931, Page 1
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