Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith (born 24 August 1948) is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.
Детальніше...24 серпня 1948 р. був вівторок під знаком зірки ♍. Це був 236 день року. Президентом Сполучених Штатів був Harry S. Truman.
Якщо ви народилися в цей день, вам 77 років. Ваш останній день народження був неділя, 24 серпня 2025 р., 270 днів тому. Ваш наступний день народження понеділок, 24 серпня 2026 р. через 94 днів. Ви прожили 28 394 днів, або приблизно 681 477 годин, або приблизно 40 888 666 хвилин, або приблизно 2 453 319 960 секунд.
Date: 25 August 1948
By JOSEPH A. LOFTUSSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Joseph LOFTUSSpecial
NLRB to file contempt action aimed at competency clauses and cutting off Chicago strike support; Judge Swygert informed of plan; considers show cause writ; ITU atty H Kaiser comments
Date: 25 August 1948
Van Arkel calls Denham tool of Taft and Chicago publishers
Date: 25 August 1948
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Maj Gen Bishop bars 3 Brit Fascist pubs, Ruhr
Date: 25 August 1948
Feb jailing of 2 Newburgh, NY, newsmen during gambling probe linked to Orange County primary election results