How was the women's suffrage movement successful? How did the Great Depression eventually change Germany politically? What effect did postwar life have on women in American society? How were minorities at a disadvantage during the Great Depression?
When Czar Nicholas was dethroned in 1917, Lenin was in exile in Switzerland for playing a part in some previous anti-czar plots. When he heard of the uprising, Lenin cut a deal with Germany. If the Germans could transport him home, he would get Russia to back out of World War I. The...
The globe logo, designed by Saul Bass, was introduced in 1983, just after AT&T split into several “baby bell” companies. The logo was later given a facelift which included making the globe 3D to represent the breadth and depth of services the company was once again providing. IBM: then ...
The first World War was a serious event that engulfed multiple countries in Europe. It saw the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy face off against the Triple Entente, which was made up of Great Britain, France, and Russia. These two alliances made up the central powers ...
Before the advent of the internet, and before information of hard-to-reach places was easy to find, the TCC was an invaluable source of information. Sadly, it has not kept up with times. I was a member for a couple of years but the $100 annual fee brought me no value so I did ...
I'm from Germany. They will do it! And so he convinced him. Go ahead. Build this bomb.It was magical.Nobody knew that we could even get there.You know, we could split the Atom, but what does that mean? Can we actually make a bomb that can work? We put everything we had into...
This Victorian-Era hearse was found in Dresden, Germany, and is still fully functional more than two centuries later. It featured gorgeous carved angels and an art style that is almost non-existent in this day and age. The identity of this hearse’s owner remains unknown an...
They’d either read Ehrlich’s Population Bomb (I’m not sure, you know, if it was before or after the Diet bs and I’m not going to look it up. They’re both stupid.) And then they did the calculations on what cows eat and what humans eat, and had a brain storm: if only...
The film was denounced by Pope Pious XI, banned from Germany and blocked by US Customs authorities for being “dangerously indecent.” Reinhardt called Hedy “the most beautiful woman in Europe,” and even before Ecstasy, Hedy was turning heads in theater productions across Europe. It was ...
On Nov. 23, 1942, during Operation Uranus, the Red Army fully encircled the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. On Jan. 26 the following year, the troops of the Don Front split the army into two groups, destroying each separately. It was a crucial turning point in WWII. ...