This Day in History: Lawrence of Arabia 1888-1935
Monday, May 19th, 2008
On May 19, 1935, British soldier T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as “Lawrence of Arabia,” died in England, six days after being injured in a motorcycle crash. Read more about Lawrence on the site of a PBS doc from 2003: ‘‘Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World.”‘ The documentary drew together eyewitness accounts by Arabs, Westerners, and Lawrence himself to tell the tale of one of the 20th century’s most influential yet enigmatic figures.
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