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Directorate Of Intelligence (UK)
The Directorate of Intelligence for the United Kingdom existed from April 1919 to December 1921 under the leadership of Basil Thomson as Director. John Carter (police officer), John Carter was his assistant. They provided fortnightly reports to the British cabinet. The directorate was located in Norman_Shaw_Buildings#South_Building, Scotland House, Westminster. References {{reflist History of the Metropolitan Police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Britannica-Architecture-Scotland Yard
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 Moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian people, Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
