The 10 Most Valuable Record Covers. The Beatles Butcher cover. I know some of you reading this will find it hard to believe, but once upon a time the cover of a vinyl record was a major selling point to the album. Sometimes people actually took a chance on a record because the cover was so cool, never happens today.
Marquis de Condorcet (1743). Marquis de Condorcet. It was on this date, September 17, 1743, that French mathematician and political philosopher Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, was born in Ribemont, Picardy, France.
Cornwallis redirects here. For other uses, see Cornwallis (disambiguation). Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG, PC (31 December 1738 â 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.