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Just prior to dawn on March 5, 1907, the streets of Jemulpo (modern Incheon) were almost completely deserted due to the early hour and the bitter cold - aggravated by a fairly strong northerly wind. The few exceptions were probably along the waterfront where customs agents and watchmen prepared for a busy day of inspecting outgoing and incoming goods from the small steamers and junks in the bustling harbor. There was an additional exception, Tsuneno Takahashi, who, in an attempt to flee her uncle's home, would inadvertently ruin the lives of many.

Howard baskerville, who traveled to iran to teach english and to preach the gospel. he ended up dying in iran while helping the iranians fight for their freedom. he is regarded as a national hero in iran. what can we learn from baskerville story? what does it mean for this protest underway today? >> well, this 22-year-old christian missionary who went there in 1907, and ended up fighting, as you rightly said in iran's first democratic revolution, the constitutional revolution was very specifically told by the american government, that he had no business in this fight. he was told it was not hi...

Alabama's, his sure-fire game winner sails wide right. no overtime needed. with 15 seconds to go, the quarterback fires two passes setting up chase mcgraph. the knuckleball is good. the sea of orange now storming the field 52-49 the final. tennessee's first win over alabama in 15 seasons. the 52 points, that was the most given up the by the tide since 1907. down come the goal posts and the fans take these things on a journey. they go through the tunnel, out of the stadium, into the streets of knockville, and eventually into the tennessee river for the best victory bash you could get. how about...

>> i could only paraphrase this, but she said, i cannot lead you into battle, but i can give you my heart and i can share my thinking with you in this new way. she hoped that this would enable her to have a more personal bond with her subjects and with the people of the commonwealth and nations around the world. >> the queen took things a step further when she went on her first official walk about. what we now recognize as common place for royals, felt revolutionary in 1907. >> instead of just meeting the officials and the heads of everything, she could meet ordinary people. the public really ...

Behind me, edwardian, victorian, the marketplace, you can see it's not a wealthy part of the world and up here, the beautiful town hall built in 1907. this is a classic, a typical northern industrial town built on silk, cotton, coal, and thatis built on silk, cotton, coal, and that is why in 2019 when it swung to the conservatives from labour it was an absolute political earthquake. nobody saw it coming. as said, it had been labour since the seat was created back in 1922, so 97 years until it came about. whenjames grundy took over the seat it was nearly 2000 votes, and it represented a 20% swi...