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Film poster for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995).

Top Ten Origins: Bollywood Films

… time, Sholay (“Embers”) is a quintessential “masala” film, meaning it has a little bit of everything: action, romance, …
The Rodina crew. Left to right: Polina Osipenko, Valentina Grizodubova, and Marina Raskova.

The Rodina Flight

The Remarkable Story of the Women’s Non-Stop Long-Distance Flight Record
… record at 3,695 miles.  The flight, however, seemed plagued with bad luck.  Raskova developed appendicitis, … bailing out, however, she had forgotten her emergency kit, meaning she had no water and only the two chocolate bars … enter other divisions of the military until April 1942, meaning that Raskova was able to employ her popularity and …
Painting of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Memories of the Great War

… I. So have the various commemorations taken on a special meaning in Sarajevo, because of the role the city played? …

Interracial Marriage in "Post-Racial" America

… the social status of their mother, not their father, meaning the children of slave women would be born slaves … centuries as it foreclosed the possibility of inheritance—meaning white property remained in white hands. The final … want her for a wife.” Accusations, however, continued to plague Lincoln and took on a life of their own in the 1864 …
Patrice Lumumba, right, and Joseph Okito, left

Congolese Rumba: Soundtrack to African Political Struggle

In the Year of Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo negotiated independence from Belgium to the rhythm of the country’s greatest export: Congolese rumba.
… greatest export: Congolese rumba. The wildly popular and meaningful genre became a soundtrack to global change. … Additional Resources: Collinet, Georges. “Hidden Meanings in Congo Music.” Afropop Worldwide, December 21, 2011. https://afropop.org/audio-programs/hidden-meanings-in-congo-music. Gondola, Didier. The History of …
Illustration of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr (1887)

The Hamilton-Burr Duel

… up with the same number of votes in the Electoral College, meaning the House of Representatives decided the election—a …