Today is birthday of David Stirling. (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990.) He was a Scottish [1] officer in the British Army [2], mountaineer [3], and the founder of the Special Air Service [4] (SAS). He saw active service during the Second World War [5].
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On this day, Charles Dickens published the final installment of A Tale of Two Cities [6] in Dickens’ circular.