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British journalist W.T. Stead was a pioneer of early investigative journalism and became famous in Britain. He died when the RMS Titanic sank in April 1912, but even this did not fully end his journalism career however. Why was this?
526 – A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, in modern day Turkey, killing 250,000. 1578 – France’s King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris. 1669 – Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records his last diary entry. 1859 – The clock tower at the British Parliament in London, which houses…
