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Holocaust Remembrance Memorial Day   Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israel dedicated its annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust to mark 70 years to the Warsaw ghetto uprising, a symbol of Jewish resistance against the Nazis in World War II that resonates deeply in Israel to this day. At the […]

Korea: A division created from the Cold War and not by the Korean people 2013 once again a Korean crisis An independent kingdom for much of its long history, Korea was occupied by Japan beginning in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War. Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula into the Empire of Japan. […]

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, 45 years ago, on April 4, 1968. January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 (died at aged 39) Memphis march honors slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. By Adrian Sainz Associated Press MEMPHIS— Hundreds […]

Jewish History March 31, 1492 (Easter Sunday March 31, 2013) The Spanish monarchy turned on the Jews In 1492, the Spanish monarchs gave the Jews 4 months to convert or leave By David B. Green Haaretz On March 31, 1492, the joint monarchs of Spain, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile, […]

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Союз Советских Социалистических Республик -CCCP The Soviet Union lasted from 1922 to 1991 Key 1991 document declaring Soviet Union defunct is missing from archives Yuras Karmanau Associated Press MINSK, Belarus – The powerful Soviet Union may still exist after all — at least on paper. Former Belarusian leader Stanislav […]

History: The modern U.S. Presidents’ views on race relations and the economy for African Americans Dilemma X Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 On May 18, 1896 the United States Supreme Court gave its ruling on the Plessy v. Ferguson case down a landmark decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities […]

On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet troops International Holocaust Remembrance Day Deutsche Welle Auschwitz is synonymous with the mass murder of Jews, Roma and Sinti, and other groups persecuted by the Nazis. January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops. Germany, 1945. People immediately recognized the loud, […]

Reparations: Martin Luther King Jr. , Barack Obama and America’s apology Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “Poor People’s Campaign” The unfinished  dream in the 21st Century Dilemma X On January 21, 2013, at 11:55 AM Eastern Time, President Obama delivered his Second Inaugural Address from the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Monday, January 21, 2013 […]

January 1, 2013 the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as mostly a symbolic move, as it only freed enslaved Africans in areas outside of Union control (Confederate States of America) who were in rebellion to the United States of America. In […]

When an African nation had nuclear weapons The South African nuclear program lasted from the 1970s to the early 1990s. South Africa had claimed to have several threats to its national security. P.W. Botha became the South Africa defense minister in 1966 and remained in this position for 14 years.  During  his tenure the military […]