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Lucille Ball: The Red Head With Guts Who Changed TV Forever

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Alfred Hitchcock: Hollywood's Supreme Craftsman of Suspense

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Francisco de Miranda: Opening Supreme Chief of Venezuela #sponsored

Francisco de Miranda: First Supreme Chief of Venezuela #sponsored 26 Jun 2025 --- Thank you Nolah for sponsoring! Click here https://nolahmattress.com/biographics and use CODE BIOGRAPHICS to get an extra $50 off your mattress. #biography #history #spain → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.nps.gov/places/000/general-simon-bolivar-memorial.htm https://research.kent.ac.uk/warandnation/1822-to-1825-the-struggle-against-the-royalist-stronghold-of-popayan/ https://www.spanishacademyantiguena.com/blog/2018/11/05/don-honorific-title-explained-and-how-to-use-it/ https://www.britannica.com/summary/Spanish-Inquisition-Key-Facts#:~:text=The%20Spanish%20Inquisition%20was%20a,to%20widespread%20death%20and%20suffering. https://www.amrevmuseum.org/spain-and-the-american-revolution#:~:text=Along%20with%20their%20military%20support,American%20Revolution's%20impact%20on%20Spain. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/bernardo-de-galvez https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/william-stephens-smith-1755-1816/ https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/People/Francisco_de_Miranda/ROBMIR/4*.html https://www.britannica.com/event/Reign-of-Terror https://tomwilliamsauthor.co.uk/the-invasion-of-buenos-aires-june-1806/ https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are/history/directors-and-organizational-leadership/william-s-smith https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2019/03/26/in-1812-a-national-catastrophe-helped-topple-a-weak-government/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-de-Miranda https://pamasonictemple.org/speaker-series/a-revolutionary-fraternity-freemasons-and-the-global-fights-for-liberty-in-the-18th-19th-centuries/ https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2023/8/3/independence-in-colombia-the-crossing-paths-of-francisco-de-miranda-and-simon-bolivar Sponsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

William Gaines: MAD MAGAZINE'S Dominant Force #sponsored

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William Adams: The English Samurai Who Captivated Shogun #sponsored

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