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Does the United States really tolerate all belief systems?
SC Cloud | St. Cloud Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHow do citizens respond if the government mandates obedience to evil? That is not a new question. Let’s consider historical evidence. Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire sought to eradicate the ...
Voices: The Top 10 most powerful people ever
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis one started when Janan Ganesh wrote in the Financial Times that President Harry Truman in mid-1945 was “the most powerful human being who has ever...
The long history of book burning
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLocal and state GOP leaders are mobilizing across the country to ban books, many of which deal with racial politics or the LGBTQ community. The nonprofit...
Brewery Ommegang will celebrate 25 years
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 7—Brewery Ommegang will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Sept. 9 and 10. The term Ommegang originates in 1549 when Holy Roman Emperor King Charles V visited medieval Brussels with hundreds ...
10 Famous Explorers Whose Discoveries Connected the World
Biography via Yahoo News· 9 months ago10 Famous Explorers Who Changed the WorldGetty Images When European explorers first began sailing...
Letter from Holy Roman Emperor written in secret code finally cracked after 5 centuries to reveal he...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe decoded letter written by Holy Roman Emperor King Charles VStanislas Library French scientists...
The ‘ravening wolf’ priest who led a doomed revolution
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe decisive battle of the German Peasants’ War was fought on May 15 1525, upon a hilltop outside...
Queens of England: Inside the Historic Reigns of 8 Female British Monarchs
People via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere have been only eight reigning queens in the history of the British monarchy Britain has had a...
Today in History: April 17, Bay of Pigs invasion launched
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion by the third ...
18 Properties Owned by the Spanish Royal Family, from Madrid Palaces to Monasteries
PureWow via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe know that the British royal family has a laundry list of castles and properties to their name,...