Ethnic riots in 1983 drove the family to emigrate to Canada when Selvadurai was nineteen. He studied creative and professional writing as part of a Bachelor of Fine Arts program at York University.Selvadurai recounted an account of the discomfort he and his partner experienced during a period ...
Angela E. Oh (born 1955) is an attorney, teacher, and public lecturer best known for her role as spokesperson for the Korean American community after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and her position on President Bill Clinton's One America Initiative. Jennifer Jones Age: 50 Jennifer Judith Jones...
Marie Antoinette arranged for them to escape in 1791. They left Paris secretly and were going to slip into Austria, but no, that wasn’t meant to be. They were captured and sent right back to where they came from. *** Even bigger riots took place in 1792. The monarchy was dead and...
Rock & Roll, riots, aftermath of The Beat Generation (beatniks), The British Invasion of music (in particular Beatlemania), the Vietnam War, Civil Rights, Men and Women’s Rights, etc.
Bill McDonald was one of the most visible Rangers to emerge in this new era. As a Ranger captain from 1891 to 1907, McDonald took on numerous high-profile criminal cases, including illegal prizefights, bank robberies, murders and riots. He earned a reputation for his marksmanship, as well...
His 1910 “fight of the century” against white boxer James J. Jeffries triggered race riots across the U.S. after Johnson’s victory. For over 13 years, he was the most famous and notorious African American, transcending boxing to become part of the history of racism in America....
Stacker explores famous student protests in modern history. Beginning at the turn of the 20th century, themes include civil rights, anti-war, pro-democracy, women's movements, and more.
However in 1958, he was unable to renew his company’s lease and was forced to buy a new site. It was in 1967 when the opportunity to buy land at low prices arrived due to the 1967 riots. Li believed that the crisis was just temporary and the prices of land would rise again. He ...
A couple kisses on a street after riots broke out in Vancouver, British Columbia, Rich Lam/Getty Images, 2011 United Airlines Flight 175 approaches the south tower of New York’s World Trade Center, Kelly Guenther. 2011 A view of the Costa Concordia, 2012 ...
As CNN pointed out at the time, this "unprecedented and historic verdict… makes Trump the first former president in American history to be convicted of a felony." The charges were first brought against Trump in 2023, alleging that Trump offered hush money payments to adult film star Stormy ...