Category: Human Interest
From Stalin to Khrushchev
On this day in 1958, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev replaces Nicolay Bulganin as Soviet premier, making him the first leader since Joseph Stalin to…
From WW 2 and the Camp David Accords to Israel under Netanyahu
On the day in 1979, The Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty (معاهدة السلام المصرية الإسرائيلية; Mu`āhadat as-Salām al-Misrīyah al-‘Isrā’īlīyah; הסכם השלום בין ישראל למצרים; Heskem HaShalom Bein…
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
On this day in 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City consumes the lives of 146 garment workers; 123 women and 23…
Appointment of Frederick Douglass as US Marshal for DC
On this day in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes appoints abolitionist, orator, statesman and escaped slave Frederick Douglass to the post of US Marshal for…
Albert Einstein the Genius of Physics is Born
On this day in 1879, German mathematician and physicist Albert Einstein arrives on Earth. The ironic, iconic genius born to an electrician and his beloved…
Idiot Wind
After watching Trump’s address to the nation on the Coronavirus last night, I have just one question. Is it possible to just keep him locked…
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