On This Day
23rd November 2006 - Russian dissident and writer Alexander Litvinenko died in London of radiation poisoning.
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Interesting Invention - Barbed Wire
Barbed wire was invented by Joseph Glidden. (He actually received the patent on this day in 1874. He created the barbs by using a coffee grinder. His invention forever changed the face of farming and by the time of his death in 1906, he was one of the richest men in America.)