Martin Luther King, Jr. is jailed; writes "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
On April 3, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his Southern Christian Leadership Conference ...View More
2020: The Year in Events
ContentsCOVID-19 Changed the World ForeverPolitics and World EventsRace and Social JusticeCulture an ...View More
Civil rights protesters beaten in “Bloody Sunday” attack
On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, a 600-person civil rights demonstration ends in viole ...View More
"The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan is published
Though perhaps not the typical housewife—she had been involved in radical politics from a young age ...View More
Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks at UN, justifies US invasion of Iraq
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell gives a speech to the United Nations that is both highly conseq ...View More
Punic Wars, between Rome and Carthage, come to an end
On February 5, 146 BCE, the Roman Republic finally triumphed over its nemesis, Carthage, after over ...View More
First 9-1-1 call is placed in the United States
February 16, 1968 sees the first official "911" call placed in the United States. Now taken for gran ...View More
WikiLeaks publishes the first documents leaked by Chelsea Manning
On February 18, 2010, a relatively obscure website called WikiLeaks publishes a leaked diplomatic ca ...View More
Full U.S.-Cuba embargo is announced
On February 7, 1962, President John F. Kennedy issues an executive order broadening the United State ...View More
Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport is bombed by Chechen terrorists
On January 24, 2011, a bomb explodes in the international arrivals hall of Moscow’s Domodedovo Inter ...View More
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