The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), led by Joseph Kony, has been behind one of the longest and most brutal conflicts in Uganda and its neighboring countries. This conflict has displaced nearly two million people and killed thousands. The LRA started its rebellion
While so many exciting facts remain about Marilyn Monroe, some are more well-known than others. In this article, we shed light on less popular facts about one of the most sought-after actors in the History Of Hollywood The popular name ‘Marilyn’ that
Queen Victoria was born on May 24, 1819. She was the only child of HRH Edward Duke of Kent, the fourth son of George III. As a young Princess, Victoria lost her dad eight months after she was born. Her grandfather King
Marie Laveau, born around 1801, came from a family who reflected New Orleans’ rich, complicated history. Marguerite, her mother, was a formerly enslaved person whose great-grandmother had been born in West Africa. Charles Laveaux, her father, was a multiracial businessman who bought
Born in New Orleans in 1780, Marie Delphine McCarty belonged to the upper class being an affluent white Creole family. She was only the second generation, as her family had moved from Ireland to then-Spanish-controlled Louisiana a generation before her. She had five
This article deals with another notable figure in German History, and in this article, we share facts about the life of Otto Von Bismarck and the role he played in Germany. Popularly known as the “Iron Chancellor”, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of
While many people are aware of notable Germans like Anne Frank, Adolf Hitler, and Klaus Barbie, a very little spotlight has been shone on Kaiser Wilhelm outside the WWI, and in this article, we’ll share a few facts about Wilhelm. Kaiser Wilhelm
This is a series that highlights major disastrous events that have occurred in the British history The Dogger Bank Earth Quake of 1931. A massive earthquake hit the United Kingdom in 1931. It has been referred to as the strongest earthquake recorded
The Commonwealth of Nations, also referred to as the Commonwealth, is one of the oldest political associations of 54 member states. Its root travels back to the British empire when countries around the world were in control of by Britain. The Commonwealth
A month before the end of World War II, the Gestapo in Lyon, under the command of Klaus Barbie, sent two vans to the French village of Izieu to remove Jewish children from an orphanage called La Maison D’Izieu. This action was
Nazi leaders released a series of pogroms against the Jewish Population in Germany and recently incorporated territories on November 9–10, 1938. This event became known as The Night of Broken Glass or, more popularly, Kristallnacht. The name was influenced by the shattered
After the “Scramble for Africa” that began with the Treaty of Berlin(Berlin conference) in 1885, European powers dominated much of Africa, colonising vast territories and establishing ruthless regimes to enforce their rule. The Germans colonised significant regions, and these were Togo, Tanganyika
The Nazi German Government, on September 13, 1935, announced two new laws; The Reich Citizenship Law and The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor. These laws, over time, became known as the Nuremberg Laws or Nuremberg Race Laws.
Here are some little-known facts about World War I that would blow your mind. Women’s skin turned yellow: Before World War I, the German workforce consisted of very few women. When the war became a total war, and the services of civilian
Peasants Revolt, also called wat Tyler’s Rebellion, was the first and a Great Uprising of dissatisfied peasants and their supporters March In London, demanding that the king abolish the poll tax. The uprising started as a resistance cause the people were angry
In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist. Gavrilo and other nationalists were fighting to end the Austro-Hungarian rule over Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, this assassination triggered a spark in
The first genocide of the 20th century took place from 1904-to 1908. This Genocide that served as a rough draft of what the holocaust would be like was kept hidden till Namibia gained her independence. Namibia, then known as the Herero and
