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Today's featured article Edith Swan (left) and Rose Gooding (right) The Littlehampton libels were a series of letters sent to numerous residents of Littlehampton, in southern England, over a three-year period between 1920 and 1923. The letters, which contained obscenities and false accusations, were written by Edith Swan, a thirty-year-old laundress; she tried to incriminate her neighbour, Rose Gooding, a thirty-year-old married woman. Swan and Gooding (both pictured) had once been friends, but after Swan made a false report to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children accusing Gooding of maltreating one of her sister's children, the letters started arriving. Many of them were signed as if from Gooding. Swan brought a private prosecution against Gooding for libel. Gooding was imprisoned twice, but the Metropolitan Police investigated and cleared her. Swan was prosecuted in December 1921. A similar case of letters being sent over several years was reported in 2024, in the village of Shiptonthorpe, East Yorkshire. (Full article...) Recently featured: Simon Cameron Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons Scott Zolak Selected anniversaries December 16: Day of Reconciliation in South Africa Gabriel Narutowicz 1740 – Prussian forces, led by Frederick the Great, moved into the Habsburg region of Silesia, starting the First Silesian War. 1850 – Settlers of the Canterbury Association aboard Randolph and Charlotte Jane arrived to establish a colony at Christchurch, New Zealand. 1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz (pictured), the first president of Poland, was assassinated only five days after having taken office. 1930 – German-American gangster Herman Lamm killed himself during a botched robbery attempt in Clinton, Indiana, to avoid being captured by police. 1997 – "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Japanese television series Pokémon, induced epileptic seizures in 685 children. Jane Austen (b. 1775) Bertha Lamme Feicht (b. 1869) Charles Brenton Fisk (d. 1983) Bethwel Henry (d. 2020) More anniversaries: December 15 December 16 December 17	In the news Rob Reiner Filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner (pictured) and his wife, Michele, are found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home. Sixteen people, including a gunman, are killed in a mass shooting attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Bulgarian prime minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and his government resign after two weeks of protests. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Game of the Year and eight other awards at the Game Awards. Ongoing: Gaza war timeline genocide Russo-Ukrainian war timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Hans Roericht Jubilant Sykes John Noble Wilford Ra'ad Sa'ad Jenista Mhagama Harold Wayne Nichols Did you know... Truganini ... that, upon the death of Truganini (pictured), the Aboriginal population of Tasmania was declared to be extinct? ... that the 141 Schools for Peace campaign was formed in the aftermath of the 2014 Peshawar school massacre and received proceeds from "We Will Fly"? ... that a retired manufacturing CEO and a former Muppeteer co-produced a biopic of Dietrich Bonhoeffer? ... that Otago Farmers Market celebrated its birthday with a "long lunch" on a railway platform? ... that the AI creation Tilly Norwood has been described as "really, really scary"? ... that Depeche Mode chose to follow a set of rules, including one against using chords, when they recorded their 1987 album Music for the Masses? ... that Bea Sprung credits her competitive swimming background with aiding her development as a footballer? ... that Trinity Communion Church in New York erected a 10-foot (3.0 m) papier-mâché pink elephant on its lawn to increase its visibility in its neighborhood? ... that Alexander Sabar feared thesis defense more than terrorists?
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