topic: TodayInHistory

Today marks the 25 th anniversary of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s independence from the Soviet Union. Twenty-five years ago, spurred on by...

Upon being met by a group of armed men in his own office on October 15, 1987, Thomas Sankara raised his arms in surrender. He died that...

“It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn’t feel like obeying his demand." — Rosa Parks on...

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist”—Indira Gandhi Two of her own bodyguards assassinated the first female Prime Minister of India...

Badiou interviews Michel Foucault, 1965 Michel Foucault By Himself- (Michel Foucault Par Lui Meme) Michel Foucault's The Order of Things...

"The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word" — Mata Hari She blew a kiss to the firing squad before they executed her on October...

October 3rd and 4th, 1993 mark the dates of the Battle of Mogadishu also known as the Day of the Rangers. The battle was fought by forces...

Today marks thirty-five years since the start of the Iran-Iraq war, which lasted eight years, the longest conventional war of the twentieth...