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May 15, 2024 · Malcolm X (born May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.—died February 21, 1965, New York, New York) was an African American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam who articulated concepts of race pride and Black nationalism in the early 1960s. After his assassination, the widespread distribution of his life story— The Autobiography ...
May 8, 2024 · Bill Joy (born November 8, 1954, Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.) is an American software developer, entrepreneur, and cofounder of the computer manufacturer Sun Microsystems. Joy devised a version of the UNIX operating system, Berkeley UNIX, that used the TCP/IP networking language, which placed UNIX servers at the forefront of the Internet ...
May 21, 2024 · Genghis Khan (born 1162, near Lake Baikal, Mongolia—died August 18, 1227) was a Mongolian warrior-ruler, one of the most famous conquerors of history, who consolidated tribes into a unified Mongolia and then extended his empire across Asia to the Adriatic Sea. Genghis Khan: His journey to power.
2 days ago · Charles Darwin (born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England—died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent) was an English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. An affable country gentleman, Darwin at first shocked religious Victorian society by suggesting that ...
4 days ago · What is William Penn best known for? William Penn (born October 14, 1644, London, England—died July 30, 1718, Buckinghamshire) was an English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe.
4 days ago · May 24, 2024, 3:45 PM ET (The Guardian) RFK Jr attacks Trump and Biden as he makes 2024 pitch to Libertarian voters. Edward Snowden (born June 21, 1983, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S.) is an American intelligence contractor and whistleblower who in 2013 revealed the existence of secret wide-ranging information-gathering programs conducted ...
May 20, 2024 · Item 1 of 7 People take part in a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Brussels as the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's last-ditch appeal against his extradition to the U.S. is heard in London ...
