In a major civil rights victory, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education…
Day: May 16, 2011
First Academy Awards ceremony May 16, 1929
On this day in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out its first awards, at a…
Detained Chinese artist allowed visit from wife
From Helena Hong, for CNN
Shocking photo created a hero, but not to his family
(CNN)— The mob was already waiting for James Zwerg by the time the Greyhound bus eased into the station in…
Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off on its final mission
Injured US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords sees husband Mark Kelly take the helm as Nasa shuttle nears retirement Endeavour has blasted…
Lenin Peace Prize Recipients
Seven of the Lenin Peace Prize Recipients: Pablo Picasso, Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel Castro, Linus Pauling, Leonid Brezhnev, Salvador Allende, Indira…
