Marxist HumanistsMarxist HumanistsMarxist humanism is an international body of thought and political action rooted in an interpretation of the works of Karl Marx. It is an investigation into “what human nature consists of and what sort of society would be most conducive to human thriving” from a critical perspective rooted…
Dilma Vana Rousseff (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdʒiwmɐ ˈvɐ̃nɐ ʁuˈsɛf(i)]; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. How many presidents Brazil have? Since the Proclamation…
The late great Don Meredith was the one of the first quarterbacks ever for the Dallas Cowboys, grabbing the starting job in just the franchise’s second year of existence in 1962. Troy Aikman. On this day in 1993,the@dallascowboys defeated the Bills 52-17 to win Super Bowl XXVII. … Tony Romo.…
Battle of Pea Ridge, also called Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, (March 7–8, 1862), bitterly fought American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarAmerican Civil War, also called War Between the States, four-year war (1861–65) between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of…
(born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. Jerry Brown is the incumbent Governor of California who took the office on January 3, 2011. Previously, he had been in…
Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan confederacy, marries English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia. The marriage ensured peace between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan tribe for several years. Peace with Powhatan was secured when his daughter Pocahontas married (1614) John Rolfe. On Powhatan’s death in…
Keller devoted much of her later life to raising funds for the American Foundation for the Blind. She died in her sleep on June 1, 1968, at her home, Arcan Ridge, located in Easton, Connecticut, a few weeks short of her eighty-eighth birthday. Who was Helen Keller’s sister? She was…
1638 – 1715. The reign of Louis XIV is often referred to as “Le Grand Siècle” (the Great Century), forever associated with the image of an absolute monarch and a strong, centralised state. Coming to the throne at a tender age, tutored by Cardinal Mazarin, the Sun King embodied the…
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (/bəˈtiːstə/; Spanish: [fulˈxensjo βaˈtista i salˈdiβaɾ]; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.U.S.In its noun form, the word generally means…
Galileo agreed not to teach the heresy anymore and spent the rest of his life under house arrest. It took more than 300 years for the Church to admit that Galileo was right and to clear his name of heresy. For advancing heliocentric theory Galileo was forced to recant Copernicanism…