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Oskar Dirlewanger (26 September 1895 – c. 7 June 1945) was a German SS commander and habitual offender, [1] convicted for rape of children and other crimes. [2] He is known for committing numerous war crimes and atrocities in German-occupied territories during World War II.
Pink Triangle Park was dedicated; it is the first permanent, free-standing memorial in America dedicated to the thousands of persecuted homosexuals in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust of World War II. [7] [8] [9] 2002. Civil Union/Registered Partnership laws: Passed and Came into effect: Canadian province of Quebec (with joint adoption)
Eastern Bloc media and propaganda was controlled directly by each country's communist party, which controlled the state media, censorship and propaganda organs. State and party ownership of print, television and radio media served as an important manner in which to control information and society in light of Eastern Bloc leaderships viewing even marginal groups of opposition intellectuals as a ...
Rio Branco Law (Law of Free Birth) declares the children born to slave mothers free. [151] Japan: Abolition of the han system or Japanese feudalism. 1873 United Kingdom: Slave Trade Act 1873: Puerto Rico: Slavery abolished. United Kingdom Zanzibar Madagascar: Triple treaty abolishing the slave trade. [104] 1874 Gold Coast: Slavery abolished ...
Evangelicalism (/ ˌ iː v æ n ˈ dʒ ɛ l ɪ k əl ɪ z əm, ˌ ɛ v æ n-,-ə n-/), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that puts primary emphasis on evangelization.
Total population; 38,597,428 11.6 % Claim full or partial Irish ancestry 2020 US census self reported. 10,909,542 3.2 % Claim full Irish ancestry 2020 US census self reported
Images depicting (A) a cannabis plant illustration from a 14th-century medical treatise, kept at the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome; (B) the remains of an open-air tank previously used for the retting of hemp stalks in Cercenasco, Piedmont; (C) a museum room dedicated to traditional hemp-processing tools in Lazio; (D) an 18th-century silk-embroidered hemp curtain from Tuscany; (E) the Cave of ...