What was Nicolae Ceaușescu's last meal?

I am personally interested in learning about the last meals of famous people who were executed, But I couldn't find anything about the last meal of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu (and by extension, the last meal of his wife Elena Ceaușescu), who were both convicted for Genocide, and were executed on Christmas day of 1989. This is quite surprising for me due to his execution being relatively recent, and how high profile it was. So, I humbly ask you all what was Nicolae Ceaușescu's last meal before his execution? Also, if Elena had a different last meal, what did she have?

In the Arabic alphabet/abjad, why don’t the six letters ا د ذ ر ز و (i.e. ʾalif, dāl, ðāl, rāʾ, zāʾ, wāw) join the following letter? Alternatively, how come the other 22 basic letters do join the following letter when word-initial or -medial? In general, since my understanding is that the Arabic script descended (via several steps) from the Phoenician script, whose letters were all non-joining, what qualities of a letter caused it to become joining? Many thanks.

Something I find interesting about China is the prominence of rivers and lakes in its naval history. Rivers like the Yangtze and lakes like Poyang Lake are so large that they supported full-sized fleets. Sometimes in Chinese histories references to a state's navy refers as much to these river or lake-faring fleets as its seafaring vessels. In fact, some of the most notable naval engagements in Chinese history occurred on rivers and lakes, e.g. the Battle of Poyang Lake. Are there other instances from around the world where a state's naval prowess consisted significantly (or primarily) of river and lake-faring navies rather than seafaring navies?

Follow-up question: if such states existed, how did the prominent position of rivers/lakes in their geography influence their development and culture?

Playing game called Triangle Strategy and three fictional countries "often went to war for centuries" because they each had a valuable primary export (one had salt, one had iron). I've heard of wars fought over owning rivers for trade benefits, but have there been wars between nations over something simple like having control over salt mine or iron mine? You'd think nations each having a valubale export would increase chances of cooperation, no?

Which is bigger, the number of planes shot down or crashed during WW2 or all the planes built since the end of the war?

Who was the last living Victoria Cross Recipient from World War 1?

The assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy are seemingly more prominent in the public psyche/popular media than the assassinations of President McKinley and Garfield. Why is there this discrepancy in focus among comparable American historic events?

Has there ever been an emperor consort? like the husband of a regnant empress

How do you pronounce "Lamis", the last name of Alexander P. Lamis?

This is the context:

The following quotes from Lee Atwater occurred during an interview with Alexander P. Lamis, July 8, 1981, quoted in Alexander P. Lamis, The Two-Party South (New York: Oxford University Press, 1984).

“... So you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff. You’re getting so abstract now that you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] Blacks get hurt worse than whites."

Is there a reason FDR's middle name is his mom's maiden name?

Load shedding/rolling blackouts/unreliable grid power is a fairly common phenomenon in most developing countries today. Did the US and/or UK experience these to a similar extent in the 1900s-1930s as they were developing their grids?

I'm finding it surprisingly hard to find writing on this topic. I'm looking at most of David Nye's stuff, but his work on blackouts seems to be more focused on rare, large-scale blackout events. I'm more interested in typical/routine losses of power that occur frequently.

I have severe ADHD and reading for me is a major chore. I really want to enjoy reading but it's a constant struggle and haven't read much of books besides comics and manga.

I wanna read more into Greek/roman/Norse mythology and was wondering if any one had insightful ideas in what authors/books would be a good read. Saw a book by Edith Hamilton "Mythology Timeless tales of Gods and Heroes" and was wondering how that one is. As well as "Norse Mythology" by Neil gaiman.

Any help is much appreciated!

In the early-high middle ages were people from modern Germany called 'Germans' by people outside modern Germany or were they distinguished by whatever small county or city they were beholden to? Was 'German' a thing in a similar way to what it is now?

Did the South accept the validity of the 1860 election of Lincoln? Obviously they weren't cool with Lincoln being president. But was their reaction "no, he didn't actually win, our guy did" or "ok fine he's your president, but we're gonna peace out and do our own thing"?

I recently discovered the location of an organization from the early 1800's that was perviously lost to time. It's not groundbreaking, but it has been referenced here and there as its location being unknown. I was able to narrow its location down to within 20 meters, with all my sources being primary sources (that I guess were just never pieced together). How do I go about getting this information out? Do I write an article? I have no idea how to officially share the information, so any help would be appreciated!

Did the UK ever play with the idea of handing Hong Kong back to the Republic of China (Taiwan) instead of the People's Republic of China?

Why weren't there multi person weapons / shields in antiquity? As in why wasn't there a spear that had to be held by 2 men to use? Or a 2 man shield/mobile barricade that could be used in the field?

What is the history/earliest recording of the song that goes “If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops oh what a rain that would be”?

What is known about the culture of Denisovians? Also, any good books on the subject?

In the case of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, socialite women purposefully manipulated and misdirected historical events to promote a certain viewpoint pandering to their cause - constructing an image of the confederacy as 'innocent'. What are other acts of manipulating the societal consciousness - similar to the UDC - in history? I don't wish simply for a disproportionately biased account of history but a careful and intentional manipulation of events.

Hello, did Erich Hartmann realy said "war is a place where the young kill one another without knowing or hating each other, because of the decision of old people who know and hate each other, without killing each other". If he did said it, when was it?

Are there any examples of high profile or high value corporate mergers or acquisitions that resulted in internal issues of a corporation being displayed publicly over a very short time period?

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Hello,

I have been reading historical newspaper archives - 1700's and 1800's. My specific interest is coverage of historical incidents, and advertisements, pertaining to India.

For instance, I came across a number of advertisements for "Madras Handkerchiefs" for sale in USA, imported from India.

Has anyone here looked into this, and can point to good sources? I am using archive.org . It's not ideal, but very interesting.

I'm looking for sources on the hardware used by the opposing sides in the Angolan and Mozambican liberation and civil wars, including anything from the biggest guns to the smallest taxicab commandeered for liaison duty, if possible. Could anyone recommend me some sources?

Was life for a French late medieval lower class person that much different from that of a French early modern one (Specifically before the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions)?

Were there any mobile platforms for slingers/archers in history? As in step stools or similar so archers could shoot over spear infantry / have a more direct line of sight. If not, why not?

What's a good source for a broad overview of WW2? Book, documentary, movie, whatever you might recommend. I want something that will walk me through the lead up to the conclusion without going too deep into any one topic.

What are the odds that soldiers described by Caesar such as Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo actually existed and weren't allegory?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorenus_and_Pullo

What is the origin of the 'Anglo' in 'Anglo-Saxon'? Most things I've read indicate that the 'anglo' is to distinguish the old Saxons who had dwelt in Saxony from the ones who emigrated to Britain. What confuses me, though, is that the group of people known as Angles also moved to Britain at a similar time and probably mingled with the English Saxons. Is the term 'Anglo' just deceptively close to the term 'Angles'? Did the Angles identify as Saxons, or, more likely, did the people who coined the term group all the Germanic people in England together? Thanks

What was the worst year for unemployment in the United States before the 1930s?

What are some other lost artifacts/people

I am doing a project

Examples: sea people, True cross, Greek fire, true Damascus

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