Archbishop of Canterbury: Thomas Cranmer, who helped move England towards Protestantism, was burned at the stake (1556)
<a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/archbishop-of-canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a>: <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/thomas-cranmer">Thomas Cranmer</a>, who helped move England towards Protestantism, was burned at the stake (1556)
Code Napoléon: the first modern legal code of France took effect; it was divided into laws of personal status, laws of property, and laws of acquiring property (1804)
<a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/code-civil-popularly-code-napoleon-or-napoleonic-code">Code Napoléon</a>: the first modern legal code of France took effect; it was divided into laws of personal status, laws of property, and laws of acquiring property (1804)
Henry Stanley: journalist began his trek in Africa to locate missing Scottish missionary/explorer David Livingstone; his quest ended with the famous and possibly fictitious words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" (1871)
<a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-morton-stanley">Henry Stanley</a>: journalist began his trek in Africa to locate missing Scottish missionary/explorer <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/david-livingstone">David Livingstone</a>; his quest ended with the famous and possibly fictitious words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" (1871)
"Who shot JR?": J.R. Ewing, the character played by Larry Hagman on <i>Dallas</i>, was shot by an unidentified attacker; a summer of intense curiosity ensued and an advertising catchphrase was born (1980)
<ilnk ds_id="2750" entry_key="Who shot J.R.?" tname="who-shot-j-r" tracking_name="history_4">"Who shot JR?"</ilnk>: <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/j-r-ewing-1">J.R. Ewing</a>, the character played by Larry Hagman on <i><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/dallas-tv-series-film">Dallas</a></i>, was shot by an unidentified attacker; a summer of intense curiosity ensued and an advertising catchphrase was born (1980)
Rick Hansen: set off on his Man in Motion tour to circumnavigate the world in his wheelchair (1985); he returned to Vancouver 2 years and 2 months later, having raised millions for spinal cord research
<a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/rick-hansen">Rick Hansen</a>: set off on his Man in Motion tour to <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/circumnavigation">circumnavigate</a> the world in his wheelchair (1985); he returned to <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/vancouver-british-columbia">Vancouver</a> 2 years and 2 months later, having raised millions for <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/spinal-cord">spinal cord</a> research
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