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Victor Lustig (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪktoːɐ̯ ˈlʊstɪç]; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) [1] [2] was a con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century.
The Eiffel Tower has been a subject of art, as in this cubist painting by Robert Delaunay (1911) On two separate but related occasions in 1925, the con artist Victor Lustig "sold" the tower for scrap metal. [47] A year later, in February 1926, pilot Leon Collet was killed trying to fly under the tower.
A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met.
In the first place, for its buildings, especially the Eiffel tower and the Machinery Hall; in the second place, for its Colonial Exhibition, which for the first time brings vividly to the appreciation of the Frenchmen that they are masters of lands beyond the sea; thirdly, it will be remembered for its great collection of war material, the most ...
The famed Eiffel Tower in Paris was evacuated two times on Saturday due to bomb threats, according to French media BFM. The tower’s three floors as well as the courtyard below were cleared of ...
Franz Reichelt (16 October 1878 – 4 February 1912), also known as Frantz Reichelt [1] or François Reichelt, was an Austro-Hungarian-born [2] French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design.
On Friday morning, the world learned of the passing of Harper Lee, the beloved author of one of the most influential books in American history, To Kill a Mockingbird. One of two books that Lee had ...
Athletes weren't the only ones putting on a show in Paris this Olympics. Across the city, lightning and rain lit up the night sky and made quite a fuss for the athletes at the 2024 Paris Games.