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The number of people who died is usually given as 176, with estimates up to 700. [4] The original government figure claimed only 23 students were killed, [25] with the number of wounded estimated to be over 1,000 people. Black students also killed two white people during the uprising, one of them Melville Edelstein. [26] [27] [28]
There are no records documenting Macli-ing Dulag's date of birth, but he was born in the highland village of Bugnay, Tinglayan, Kalinga-Apayao, and the accounts of his contemporaries in Bugnay indicate that he was in his early twenties during World War II, when he served as a porter to guerilla forces fighting against the Japanese forces. [4]
During the struggle, Nujoma took the combat name Shafiishuna, meaning "lightning", as the name was in his family on his father's side. [17] During the liberation struggle, Nujoma was also the commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the chairman of the Swapo Military Council , which was the biggest decision ...
Historical figure brand is using famous historical person in branding, for instance Mozartkugel, Chopin (vodka) or Café Einstein. Historical figure is a person who lived in the past and whose deeds exerted a significant impact on other people’s lives and consciousness.
Washington struggles to sustain and rebuild his Army at Valley Forge. "Treason & Betrayal." General Benedict Arnold betrays the revolution. "The War Heads South." The British lay siege to Charleston. "Hornet's Nest." War erupts in the Southern Colonies. "The End Game." The struggle for independence reaches its climax as both sides are tired of ...
The restored John P. Parker house in Ripley, Ohio. John P. Parker (c. 1827 – January 30, 1900) was an American abolitionist, inventor, iron moulder and industrialist.Parker, who was African American, helped hundreds of slaves to freedom in the Underground Railroad resistance movement based in Ripley, Ohio.
Only one person before him in modern Indian history, Jatindra Nath Das, actually fasted to death; all the others either gave up or were arrested and force fed or hospitalised. [ 8 ] In his death procession, people shouted slogans praising his sacrifice, with thousands more joining as the procession reached Mount Road, Madras.
Kailash Satyarthi (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and advocated the universal right to education.. In 2014, he was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala Yousafzai, "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education."