Interesting Historical Events, People, Entities, Battles
People
See http://www.karangill.com/interesting-people/
Events
- Balfour Declaration
- Great Race of Mercy
- Famines in India during British Rule
- The Hindenburg Fire – Make sure you both view the newsreel and hear the radio account.
- L’Affaire Dreyfus
- Loving vs Virginia
- Mussolini’s Transformation of Rome and [2]
- Pentium FDIV bug
- Plano Real and [2]
- Last voyage of the Karluk
Violence
- Battle of Bannockburn
- Battle for Castle Itter
- Baghdad, Mongol Sack of
- Sabra and Shatila Massacre
- Budyonnovsk Hospital Hostage Crisis
- Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre
- Port Arthur, Siege of
Entities
- Great Raft – 250 km long logjam
- Kerala school of astronomy and Mathematics
- Manson Family
Artifacts
Criteria: Beauty, craftsmanship, expense of raw materials, several owners, lost to time and rediscovered
- Faberge Eggs
- Peacock Throne
- Tutakhamen’s Mask
- Golden Stool of the Ashanti
Unanswered Questions
Questions that fixated us but lay unanswered for centures.
- How did reproduction occur?
- Was the Earth round?
- Where was the source of the Nile?