During a hiatus from the action of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984, audiences first saw an ad that is now widely recognized as
Author: Vanniyar Adrian
Shirley Chisholm is widely known for her historic turning point in 1972 when she became the first African American from a major political party to
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As security fears gripped its capital and a global calamity continued to claim the lives of hundreds of thousands of its citizens, the United States
On January 14, 1784, the Continental Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris, putting an end to the war of independence. In the document, known as
On August 28, 1963, in front of a crowd of nearly 250,000 people in the National Mall in Washington, DC, Baptist preacher and civil rights