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Johnnie Walker launches Jane Walker

Johnnie Walker said Monday that it will launch a special edition of its Black Label blend next month featuring the female logo. Johnnie Walker said it will donate $1 for every bottle of the Jane Walker Edition it makes to organizations that champion women's causes, up to a limit of $250,000.

Samsung chief is charged in bribery scandal

Lee Jae-yong is a South Korean business magnate and the vice chairman of Samsung Group, serving as de facto head. Lee was accused "of bribery, embezzlement, and perjury" by the South Korean prosecutor's office. Although the arrest warrant was denied by a Seoul court in mid-January, after a month of investigation, he was arrested.

Elon Musk pledges to fly two people around Moon in 2018

It will be a private mission with two paying customers, who approached the company. The trip around the Moon would take approximately one week: it would skim the surface of the Moon, go further out into deep space, and loop back to Earth — reaching a distance of approximately 300,000 to 400,000 miles.

Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow

The assassination of Boris Nemtsov, a Russian politician opposed to the government of Vladimir Putin, happened in central Moscow on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge in 2015. An unknown assailant fired seven or eight shots from a Makarov pistol. Four of them hit Boris Nemtsov in the head, heart, liver and stomach, killing him almost instantly.

Supreme Court defends women’s voting rights

In Washington, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional by the eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 19th Amendment stated that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex."

Fashion designer Louis Vuitton dies at 70

Louis Vuitton was a French fashion designer and businessman. He had been appointed as trunk-maker to Empress Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III. He was the founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH. After his death, his son Georges took over control of the company.

The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge

The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge occurred during the American Revolutionary War near Wilmington, in Pender County, North Carolina. The militia of North Carolina Patriots managed to get better of the Loyalists severely weakened by long march. Their decisive victory helped with the support and recruitment for the revolution.

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