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Jesse Washington was a 17-year-old African American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of lynching. Wa…
Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Russian forces began their successful Brusilov offensive against the Central Powers
Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was a Hejazi leader from the Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Great …
Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz, orchestrated a revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the aim of creating a single unifi
Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was a Hejazi leader from the Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Great …
Hussein, King of Hejaz, orchestrated a revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the aim of creating a single unified and i
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: The Battle of Mont Sorrel in the Ypres Salient came to an end as a Canadian assault led German forces to wi
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
First World War: Around 55,000 workers in Berlin went on strike to protest against the trial of anti-war campaigner Karl
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
First World War: The first day of the Battle of Albert, the opening phase of the Battle of the Somme, became the…
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
First World War: Russian troops won a victory in the Battle of Kostiuchnówka, with the Polish Legions playing a key…
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major theatres of war included Eu…
First World War: Second Lieutenant Kléber Dupuy defeated a German attack on Fort Souville at a key moment of the…
The Battle of Delville Wood (15 July – 3 September 1916) was a series of engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War, between the armies of the German Empire…
The Battle of Delville Wood began as an action within the Battle of the Somme, lasting until 3 September 1916.
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Leipzig …
Max Reger's Hebbel Requiem was first performed in a memorial concert for the composer, conducted by Philipp Wolfrum.
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major theatres of war included Eu…
First World War: The "worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" occurred when Australian forces unsuccessfully…
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major theatres of war included Eu…
First World War: British mariner Charles Fryatt was executed in Bruges, Belgium, after a German court-martial found…
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major theatres of war included Eu…
World War I: German agents sabotaged U.S.-made munitions in New York Harbor that were to be supplied to the Allies.
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire and officially as the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional dual empire in Central Europe …
An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major theatres of war included Eu…
First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine campaign began with a victory at the Battle of Romani.
Blargies prison camp was a British military prison in Blargies, France, during the First World War. By 1916 it housed around 300 prisoners in 25 tents. Conditions in the camp were …
A confrontation at Blargies prison camp in France led to a charge of mutiny for New Zealand private John Braithwaite,…
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to…
A grocery store (AE), grocery shop or grocer's shop (BE) or simply grocery is a retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products, which may be fresh or packaged…
The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was founded in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and battlef…
Tanks (example pictured), the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in…
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and battlef…
Tanks, the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of…
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. One of the deadliest conflicts in…
World War I: The Supreme War Command was established to oversee the armed forces of all the Central Powers.
Lij Iyasu also known as Iyasu V was the designated Emperor of Ethiopia from 1913 to 1916. His baptismal name was Kifle Yaqob. Ethiopian emperors traditionally chose their regnal na…
Lij Iyasu (pictured), the emperor-designate of Ethiopia, was deposed in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football program represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in American football. The team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) of th…
Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.