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Apr 29, 2022 · Originally published: Jan. 11, 2022. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots. A Black motorist, Rodney King was beaten by police in March 1991. The incident was recorded on a ...
Nov 29, 2017 · Interesting facts about Russia. 1. Russia is the world’s largest country by area. It covers 17 million sq km (6.6 million sq miles), accounting for more than one ninth of Earth’s terrestrial area. (Source: BBC) 2. Russia has the world’s longest railway. The Trans-Siberian spans nearly the whole country, departing Moscow in the west and ...
Apr 25, 2015 · 1. Zilean Is Named After the Game’s Design Director. Zilean, the great Chronokeeper, is named after Tom "Zileas" Cadwell, a design director at Riot Games. Cadwell’s got an impressive pedigree ...
6 days ago · This article was most recently revised and updated by Pat Bauer. Stonewall riots, series of violent confrontations that began in the early hours of June 28, 1969, between police and gay rights activists outside the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. As the riots progressed, an international gay rights ...
May 2, 2023 · In some parts of the Americas, enslaved people mined metals like silver and gold, which slave owners sometimes traded to China. 8. The slave trade transformed the world. The slave trade radically ...
The 1943 Zoot Suit Riots. Latino youth in LA wore long suits with a lot of material (zoot suits). US Soldiers and locals saw the use of unnecessary material (discouraged by US government) as unpatriotic. Fights led to riots, which led to LA being declared off-limits to military personnel. After she commented on the Zoot Suit Race Riots of 1943 ...
Feb 2, 2024 · 13. Brooklyn is bigger than you think. This is a very interesting NYC fact that caught me by surprise. With 2.6 million residents, Brooklyn ( not Manhattan) is the most populous borough in New York City. In fact, if Brooklyn were a city (rather than a borough), it would be the 4th most populous city in America. 14.
