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International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working...

The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many...

Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, from its formation in ancient times until the current age. Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based...

Nonviolent resistance, or nonviolent action, sometimes called civil resistance, is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic...

Field hands were slaves who labored on plantations. They were commonly used to plant, tend, and harvest cotton, sugar, rice, and tobacco. Field slaves...

The Count of St. Germain (French: Comte de Saint Germain; French pronunciation: [kɔ̃t də sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]; c. 1691 or 1712 – 27 February 1784) whose real name...

The misery index is an economic indicator, created by economist Arthur Okun. The index helps determine how the average citizen is doing economically and...

Civil rights movements are a worldwide series of political movements for equality before the law, that peaked in the 1960s.[citation needed] In many situations...

Abraham Oakey Hall (July 26, 1826 – October 7, 1898) was an American politician, lawyer, and writer. He served as Mayor of New York from 1869 to 1872 as...

The American Philatelist, published by the American Philatelic Society, is one of the world's oldest[citation needed] philatelic magazines still in operation;...

A Flag Is Born is a 1946 play that advocated the creation of a homeland for the Jewish people in the ancient Land of Israel—at the time of the play's release...

The Nadruvians were a now-extinct Prussian tribe. They lived in Nadruvia (alternative spellings include: Nadruva, Nadrowite, Nadrovia, Nadrauen, Nadravia...

Elizabeth Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, OBE, FSA (born 16 May 1943) is a British Labour politician and life peer. She was Chair of English Heritage from...

George Hunt (February 14, 1854 – 1933) (Tlingit) was a Canadian and a consultant to the American anthropologist Franz Boas; through his contributions,...

John Francis Fitzpatrick (January 18, 1887 - September 11, 1960) was the publisher of The Salt Lake Tribune from 1924 to 1960. He created the Newspaper...

This is a timeline of the history of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1536 – First foundation of the city by Pedro de Mendoza. 1542 – City attacked...

Sheng Aiyi (Chinese: 盛爱颐; pinyin: Shèng Àiyí; 1900–1983), was the first Chinese women entrepreneur in the entertainment industry, the general manager of...

María Felicidad González (1884 in Paraguarí, Paraguay – 1980) was a Paraguayan academic and feminist activist. She is considered a leading figure in the...

John Paul Papanicolaou (1949 – 14 February 2010) was a Greek businessman active in the shipping industry. A friend of the Onassis family, he is best known...

Grady the Cow (c. 1943 - July 24, 1961) became famous for being the 1,200-pound (540 kg) cow stuck inside a storage silo on a farm in Yukon, Oklahoma,...