Joe Medicine Crow: Biography, Accomplishments and Other Notable Facts
In April 2016, decorated World War II veteran, Joe Medicine Crow passed away, making him the last war chief of the Indigenous Crow Nation. Apart from serving in the war,...
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: History, Reasons, Deaths, & Aftermath
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were American nuclear attacks on the Japanese towns of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Those bombings are credited with effectively bringing an end...
Edward Teller – Father of the Hydrogen Bomb
Edward Teller was an award-winning Hungarian-American physicist who played a key role as a member of the Manhattan Project, the team of physicists assigned to develop the first atomic bomb....
Notable Achievements of Charles de Gaulle – French General and First President of the Fifth Republic
Charles de Gaulle, born Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, is considered one of the most intelligent, zealous, devout, and hardworking European political and military leaders of the 20th century....
Swastika Symbol: History of its usage and meaning across the world
Over the past three millennia years or so, the Swastika symbol has taken different styles and meanings across many cultures over the world. Find out more about the meaning and...