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A document from the collection of Henri Max Corwin, equating Joseph Stalin with Adolf Hitler. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the Soviet Union during the period of Joseph Stalin's rule, along with Nazi Germany, was a "modern example" of a totalitarian state, being among "the first examples of decentralized or popular totalitarianism, in which the state achieved overwhelming popular ...
Rebellious tribal leaders Jafar Khan: Shahanshah of Iran: January 23, 1789: Arg of Karim Khan: Zand dynasty: Sayed Morad Khan: Sayed Morad Khan: Shahanshah of Iran: May 10, 1789: Shiraz: Zand dynasty: Lotf Ali Khan: Gustav III: King of Sweden: March 16, 1792 (d. March 29, 1792) Stockholm Sweden: Jacob Johan Anckarström: Agha Mohammad Khan ...
April 24: Dominican Civil War: Forces loyal to former president Juan Bosch overthrow current leader Donald Reid Cabral. April 26: Establishment of Rede Globo, now the largest TV network in Brazil and Latin America and the second-largest in the world after ABC. May 18: Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus. August 9: Singapore gains ...
We collected old photos of major leaders, past and current, to give a taste of who they once were. Unfortunately, we were limited by photo availability, so not every major figure from the 20th and ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
More than one historian consulted by Bloom named this the worst year in U.S. history. It included the Civil War's Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history, which took ...
Here are the nine worst years to be alive in human history. ... World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, and 1945 was a particularly grim year as it marked the war's violent conclusion ...
One of the tallest rulers in history was Serb Dusan the Mighty who was King of Serbia (1331–1345) and later Tsar of Serbs, Greeks, and Bulgarians (1346–1355). He was 214 cm tall, in that time the average height was 165-170cm, so he searched all over Europe to find 101 men over 2 meters tall to be part of his personal guard.