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Eleven years into the new millennium and it’s still interesting (and fun) to look back and remember the history of the previous hundred years. Our current circumstances, both good and bad, find a foundation that was laid in the 20th century. From tragedy to triumph, the 20th century offers up a wealth of timeless memories [...]
Posted by Lee Standberry on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged Berlin Wall, Christa McAuliffe, East Germany, Enola Gay, Germany, Hiroshima, James Earl Ray, Japan, john f kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, lee standberry, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., moon landing, Nagasaki, Neil Armstrong, New Millenium, PEARL HARBOR, San Francisco earthquake, Soviet Union, space exploration, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Space Shuttle program, stock market crash, United States
Today, for many of us, King has become less a human being than a source of quotes and a saint. This will not do. A pedestal is no place to put a great man’s legacy. So this tribute is intended to not be as sanctimonious as most of those for King have become. 10. King [...]
Posted by Dustin Koski on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 12:01 am
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From Lincoln to JFK and Julius Caesar to Martin Luther King, entire books have been written about famous assassinations and how they changed the course of history. Few people, however, take more than a passing glance at those failed attempts that, had they succeeded, would have transformed history just as much, if not more, than [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Friday, December 16, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Crime, History, People, Politics · Tagged abraham lincoln, Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, adolf hitler, America, andrew jackson, Anton Cermak, Anwar Sadat, benito mussolini, charles de gaulle, Claus von Stauffenberg, Davy Crockett, Duce, Fanya Kaplin, franklin roosevelt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Gamal Nasser, Garner, George B. McClellan, George H.W. Bush, George McClellan, Giuseppe Zangara, Gorbachev, Israel, John Garner, John Hinkley, Martin Luther King, Military personnel, Politics, ronald reagan, Russia, Stalin, United States, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Vladimir Lenin, Wilhelm II
Ever since the Moabite King Eglon was stabbed to death on his throne in 1200 BCE (Judges 3:12-30)—and probably long before that—political leaders have been killed for any number of reasons. Usually they are murdered because they are deemed a threat by others in authority, or because of some controversial political stand they have taken, [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged abraham lincoln, Alexander II, assassinations, Benazir Bhutto, chief spokesman, death, Franz Ferdinand, historical assassinations, historical information, History, important assassinations, Indira Gandhi, john f kennedy, Julius Caesar, King Eglon, Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Nehru-Gandhi family, paranoia, political activist and spiritual leader, Politics, President of the United States, Prime Ministers of India, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, rajiv gandhi, Reinhard Heydrich, Senior Nazi Official, the paranormal, tragic assassinations, Tsar
Sometimes words can be more powerful than actions and when spoken by great orators, they inspire us to greatness and connect us to the world around us. These are the greatest speeches ever spoken; a collection of messages from some of the greatest and most notable orators in history. 10. Socrates “Apology” The Day: 399 [...]
Posted by Loni Perry on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Harry Benson is a photojournalist that I recently became familiar with. Born in Scotland, Harry Benson was introduced to the United States when he landed with the Beatles when they toured America in 1964. His work has not only spanned decades but he has also photographed a wide variety of places and people. Some of [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, June 14, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under People, Photos · Tagged Architectural Digest, Bobby Kennedy, dolly parton, Eisenhower, Ethel Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, George V Hotel, Harry Benson, iconic photographs, james brown, John Lennon, Ku Klux Klan, legendary photographer, Martin Luther King, mia farrow, Michael Jackson, Music industry, Newsweek, photographer, photographs, photography, photojournalist, Photos, Portrait Gallery, president, Richard M. Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Smithsonian, The Beatles
On the nationally observed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, take a second to learn a little bit about the man and his mission, and the bits of wisdom you can take from a quick look at an amazing life. 10. Sometimes things don’t always go as planned Malcolm X was not thrilled about the 1963 [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Downing on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 2:50 am
Filed under People · Tagged activist, Christian, dream, ghandi, Jr, Martin Luther King, Memorial, Peace, People, Philosophy, president, quotations, quotes, religion
Throughout our history there have been women whom without their contributions the world we live in would be a completely different place. Each of these women will be continue to remembered well into the future for the way they changed popular opinion. This being said there are many deserving women who did not make this [...]
Posted by Loni Perry on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 11:29 am
Filed under History, People · Tagged amelia earhart, Christian, Elizabeth, Florence Nightingale, Jane Goodall, jesus, Joan of Arc, Lady, Margaret Thatcher, Marie Curie, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, nobel prize, People, queen elizabeth I, Rosa Parks, scientists, Top 10 Most Influential Women, Virgin Mary, Women