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5 days ago · 25,000,000 – 50,000,000 (estimated) The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people [2] perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. [3] The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and spread by ...
3 days ago · Afrikaners. Afrikaners ( Afrikaans: [afriˈkɑːnərs]) are a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. [9] Until 1994, they dominated South Africa 's politics as well as the country's commercial agricultural sector.
14 hours ago · Steve Albini, 61, American musician (Big Black, Shellac) and record producer , heart attack. Isabelle Becker, 59, French singer. Dorman Borisman ...
1 day ago · Angela Davis. Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American Marxist and feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, and author; she is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for ...
2 days ago · Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa. Systems of servitude and slavery were common in parts of Africa in ancient times, as they were in much of the rest of the ancient world. [1] When the trans-Saharan slave trade, Red Sea slave trade, Indian Ocean slave trade and Atlantic slave trade (which started in the 16th century) began ...
3 days ago · 40. “Pose” actress Cecilia Gentili died at age 52. Getty Images for HBO. Cecilia Gentili, a transgender activist and “Pose” star, died on Feb. 6 at the age of 52. “Our beloved Cecilia ...
3 days ago · Brenda K. Starr (born 1966), salsa singer (Puerto Rican mother) Michael Stuart (born 1975), salsa singer. Sweet Sensation, freestyle trio. T. Nedra Talley (born 1946), singer, member of "The Ronettes", who were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 [309] Olga Tañón (born 1967), singer, composer.
