The Maya civilization is famous for its architecture. Many city-states built large palaces, pyramids, and other public buildings that are still standing today. The buildings were covered with carvings and statues to honor their gods as well as to commemorate their kings.
Brother of Paris Suspect Salah Abdeslam Urges Him to Turn Himself In. The brother of Salah Abdeslam â a suspected accomplice to the deadly Paris attacks, who has been on the run for a week â on Sunday urged him to turn himself in and face jail rather than a grave. Abdeslam, a 26-year-old French national, is the subject of a massive international manhunt.
King Henry III of France was assassinated in the siege by Jacques ClÃ©ment. On August 1, 1589, Henry III, lodged with his army in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, prepared to attack Paris when a young fanatical Dominican friar named Jacques ClÃ©ment, carrying false papers, was granted access to deliver important documents to the King.