Search
2167 matches.
United States1955Protests
Parks' refusal to surrender her seat ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became the spark that accelerated the American Civil Rights Movement.
She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. - summary
South Africa1953Protests
South Africa's apartheid government institutionalized racial segregation in education, sparking decades of resistance and international outcry.
Even universities were made "tribal", and all but three missionary schools chose to close down when the government would no longer help to support their schools. - summary
Sri Lanka1950Festivals
Commonwealth nations gathered in Colombo to establish a regional development initiative, marking post-war cooperation among Asian and Commonwealth states.
The organization was conceived at an international conference, The Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs held in Colombo, Ceylon in January 1950, and was attended by the finance ministers of Australia, the United… - summary
Sri Lanka1950Elections
Commonwealth nations formally launched coordinated development program for South and Southeast Asia, pioneering multilateral development cooperation models.
The organization was conceived at an international conference, The Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs held in Colombo, Ceylon in January 1950, and was attended by the finance ministers of Australia, the United… - summary
China1949Revolutions
Mao's Communist Party defeated the Nationalists and established the People's Republic, reshaping a quarter of humanity's political future.
A communist revolution is a proletarian revolution inspired by the ideas of Marxism that aims to replace a nation's economic system with communism. - summary
United States1946Tech launches
ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, became operational at the University of Pennsylvania, launching the modern computing age.
The cooperative was organized April 26, 1937, as the first electric cooperative in Arkansas under the federal Rural Electrification Act of 1935. - summary
United States1945Festivals
Delegates from 50 nations convened to draft the UN Charter, establishing the post-war international order and creating the institutional framework for Cold War geopolitics.
The United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO), commonly known as the San Francisco Conference, was a convention of delegates from 50 Allied nations that took place towards the end of World War II… - summary
Iran1943Festivals
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin aligned on WWII strategy and postwar Europe, cementing the alliance that would define the Cold War.
Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943. - summary
Germany1936Sports
Nazi-sponsored Olympics; propaganda spectacle and Jesse Owens' four-gold triumph against racist ideology.
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XI Olympiad and branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. - summary
Germany1936Sports
Hitler's Berlin Games showcased Nazi ideology through grand spectacle while Jesse Owens' four gold medals contradicted propaganda about racial hierarchy.
It was attended by the German Führer und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler, as well as several high-profile Nazi figures. - summary
United Kingdom1936Tech launches
The world's largest passenger liner set sail, embodying the ambition of interwar ocean travel and establishing a benchmark for maritime engineering prestige.
Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was subsequently joined by RMS Queen Elizabeth in Cunard's two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. - summary
United States1935Awards
The kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's son captivated America and resulted in the execution of Bruno Hauptmann, marking a turning point in forensic evidence.
Charles Lindbergh and his wife, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was murdered after being abducted from his crib in the upper floor of the Lindberghs' home, Highfields, in East Amwell, New Jersey, United States. - summary
Germany1933Elections
The Nazi Party's electoral victory in March 1933 provided Hitler the democratic mandate he weaponized to establish totalitarian rule and trigger world war.
Parodies became much more prominent outside Germany during his period in power. - summary
United States1933Elections
The first major corporate victory in post-Prohibition era elections saw Schenley Industries triumph in shareholder and regulatory battles to dominate American spirits production.
It owned several brands of Bourbon whiskey, including Schenley, The Old Quaker Company, Cream of Kentucky, Golden Wedding Rye, I.W. - summary
United States1932Sports
Los Angeles hosted the first Olympic Games outside Europe, drawing international athletes during the Great Depression.
As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings of this international sporting event included welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of nations. - summary
United States1932Festivals
NYC's palatial Art Deco cinema and performance venue became an architectural icon and symbol of Depression-era entertainment escapism.
Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. - summary
United States1931Protests
Nine African-American teenagers were falsely accused of rape in Alabama, sparking decades of retrials and becoming a landmark civil rights case.
The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. - summary
South Africa1930Elections
White women gained voting rights in South Africa, marking a significant electoral expansion despite the country's segregationist policies.
Women's suffrage, the right of women to vote in elections, emerged as a transformative movement in the 19th and 20th centuries, marking a critical turning point in the struggle for gender equality. - summary
Vatican City1929Elections
The Lateran Treaty resolved the Roman Question and established Vatican City as an independent state, a pivotal political settlement of the interwar period.
It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. - summary
China1927Wars
The split between Nationalist and Communist forces initiated a two-decade conflict that would reshape East Asia and culminate in Communist victory.
Armed conflict continued intermittently from 1 August 1927 until Communist victory resulted in their near-complete control over mainland China on 10 December 1949. - summary