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George William Harris (born 20 October 1949) is a British actor. His notable roles include Kingsley Shacklebolt in the Harry Potter film series, Captain Simon Katanga in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Clive King in the BBC medical drama Casualty, where he was one of the original cast members.
Simon [36] Katanga (George Harris), is a friend of Sallah and the captain of the Bantu Wind, a tramp steamer Indiana and Marion use to transport the Ark. When his ship is boarded by the Nazis, he conceals the pair, claiming to the Nazis that he killed Indiana and intends to sell Marion to slavery.
Joseph Moloney (1857 – 5 October 1896) was the Irish-born medical officer on the 1891–92 Stairs Expedition which seized Katanga in Central Africa for the Belgian King Leopold II, killing its ruler, Msiri, in the process.
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From 1908 to 1960, the Congo was a Belgian colony, having previously been the personal possession of Leopold II of Belgium between 1885 and 1908. [17]The Congo's economy was dominated by Belgian and British business firms, the most powerful of which were the Belgian-owned Société Générale de Belgique and the British-owned Union Minière du Haut Katanga.
On December 14, 1891 the armed Stairs Expedition of the CFS arrived in Bunkeya with 400 troops and porters, led by Canadian mercenary, Captain W. G. Stairs, ordered by Leopold to raise the CFS flag and claim Katanga by force if necessary. [14] Negotiations commenced and Msiri indicated he might agree to a treaty if supplied with gunpowder. [5]