Beyond the health problems related to opium addiction, the increasing opium trade with the Western powers meant that for the first time, China imported more goods than it exported. Settling this financial problem eventually led to the First Opium War between Great Britain and China, from 1839 to 1842.
If the werewolf huntress had made it to senior year, life in Beacon Hills might be a helluva lot different. We're two episodes into another Teen Wolf season without our beloved Allison Argent, and we'd be lying if we said we didn't miss the beautiful, unapologetic badass. She died at the hands of the powerful Oni while trying to save her friends â like a true heroine â and things in the spooky town have been very different since her tragic passing.
July 13, 1993|By Mike Zizzo of The Sentinel Staff. NASCAR Winston Cup driver Davey Allison was in very critical condition Monday night in a Birmingham, Ala., hospital after seriously injuring his head in a helicopter crash at Talladega Superspeedway. Allison, 32, winner of the 1992 Daytona 500, had to undergo surgery to relieve pressure on his brain.