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HM Government to prosecute cases involving treason and felonies. Garrow is also known for his impact on the rules of evidence, coining the best evidence rule. His work was cited as recently as 1982 in the Supreme Court of Canada and 2006 in the Irish Court of Criminal Appeal. In 2009, BBC One broadcast Garrow's Law, a four-part fictionalised drama of Garrow's beginnings at the Old Bailey; a second series aired in late 2010. (more... ) Recently featured: Flowing Hair dollar – Shadow the Hedgehog – Brabham Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Claude Choules, the last surviving combatant of World War I, dies at the age of 110. The Canadian federal election . John Higgins defeats Judd Trump to win the World Snooker Championship . his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan . The cockpit voice recorder from Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic in 2009, are recovered from the ocean floor. is beatified at a ceremony in Vatican City . Recent deaths – More current events...
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May 5: Cinco de Mayo; Liberation Day in Denmark, Ethiopia, and the Netherlands; Children's Day in Japan and South Korea; National Day of Prayer in United States 1260 – Kublai Khan (pictured) claimed the title of Khagan of the Mongol Empire after the death of his older brother Möngke in the previous year. Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi, the volunteer Expedition of the Thousand set sail from Genoa on a campaign to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . 1940 – World War II: A squad of 250 Norwegian volunteers in Hegra Fortress finally surrendered to a vastly superior Nazi force after a 25-day siege. sub-orbital flight, becoming the second person to travel into outer space after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin . HM Prison Maze . More anniversaries: May 4 – May 5 – May 6 List of historical anniversaries It is now May 5, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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