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Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bella was a key player in the war to free Algeria from French colonial rule and became Algeria’s first president in 1963. Ben Bella’s time in office was a disaster, from failed land reform…Emmanuel Macron
Name at birth: Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric MacronEmmanuel Macron is the French politician whose swift rise culminated in his election as the president of France in 2017. He was re-elected in 2022…Shepard Fairey
Name at birth: Frank Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey shot to national fame as the graphic artist behind a 2008 iconic poster of Barack Obama, a portrait labeled simply "HOPE" and in a style that could…Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a presumed Socialist Party candidate for the presidency of France when he was arrested in May of 2011 and…Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad has been the president of Syria since 2000. He took the oath of office on 17 July 2000, succeeding his father, Hafez al-Assad, who was Syria's president from 1971 until his death on…Dilma Rousseff
Name at birth: Dilma Vana RousseffDilma Rousseff became Brazil's first woman president in 2011, and in 2016 became the country's first woman president to be impeached and then dismissed from office…Why does the U.S. celebrate Labor Day in September?
The Question: Most of the world has a labor holiday on May 1. Why does the U.S. celebrate it in September? Is this just America being "different"? The Answer: The origin of the September date…The Dawning of the Space Age
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union put the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, into Earth orbit and ushered in the modern space age. Sputnik (“traveling companion”) was…Adolf Hitler
Name at birth: Adolfus HitlerAdolf Hitler's 12 years as ruler of Germany, which led to the deaths of millions in World War II, have made him one of history's most hated villains. A decorated veteran…Morris, William
(Encyclopedia) Morris, William, 1834–96, English poet, artist, craftsman, designer, social reformer, and printer. He has long been considered one of the great Victorians and has been called the…Trending
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