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| Civil Rights Act of 1957 The Civil Rights Act of 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress in the United States since Reconstruction. After it was proposed to Congress by then-President Dwight Eisenhower, Southern Democratic senator James Strom Thurmond sustained the longest one-person filibuster in history in an attempt to keep it from becoming law. Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957 | |
| Liberation of Paris Liberation_of_Paris | |
| Pilgrimage of Grace The Pilgrimage of Grace was a popular rising in York, Yorkshire during 1536, in protest against England's break with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, as well as other specific political, social and economic grievances. Technically the term Pilgrimage of Grace refers specifically and inclusively to the uprising around York, though sometimes it is used in relation to the risings in general which took place around Northern England; first from Lincolnshire, twelve days before the actual Pilgrimage of Grace. Pilgrimage_of_Grace | |
| World War I casualties Talk:World_War_I_casualties | |
| Yugoslavs Yugoslavs (Serbo-Croat, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian:Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni/Jugoslovani, Cyrillic script:Yugoslavia and by some of its diasporans, which continues to be used in some of its successor countries. In socialist Yugoslavia, 1943-1991, official designation for those who wanted to declare themselves that way was with quotation marks, "Yugoslavs" (introduced in census 1971). Yugoslavs | |
| Tom Wintringham Thomas Henry (Tom) Wintringham (15 May 1898—16 August 1949) was a British soldier, military historian, journalist, poet, Marxist, politician and author. He was an important figure in the formation of the Home Guard during the World War II, and was one of the founders of the Common Wealth Party. Tom_Wintringham | |
| Osterley Park Osterley Park is a mansion set in a large park of the same name. It is in the London Borough of Hounslow, part of the western suburbs of London. When the house was built it was surrounded by rural countryside. It was one of a group of large houses close to London which served as country retreats for wealthy families, but were not true country houses on large agricultural estates. Osterley_Park | |
| Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II were designed to save the population of urban or military areas from Nazi German aerial bombing of cities and military targets such as docks. Civilians, particularly children, were moved to rural areas thought to be less at risk. Evacuations_of_civilians_in_Britain_during_World_War_II | |
| Battle of Gazala Battle_of_Gazala | |
| Battle of the Sutjeska The Battle of the Sutjeska (Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian:Bitka na Sutjesci), codenamed Fall Schwarz, was a joint attack by the Axis taking place from 15 May to 16 June 1943, which aimed to destroy the main Yugoslav Partisan force, near the Sutjeska river in south-eastern Bosnia. Battle_of_the_Sutjeska | |
| History of the United Kingdom during World War I This article documents the effect of the war on civilian and military life in the United Kingdom, 1914–18. For information on the engagements in which its armed forces fought, see World War I. History_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_World_War_I | |
| Christian Wirth Christian Wirth (24 November 1885 - 26 May 1944) was a senior Sturmbannführer SS officer during the program to exterminate the Jewish people of occupied Poland during the Second World War, known as Operation Reinhard. He was a top aide of Odilo Globocnik, the overall director of Operation Reinhard, and his responsibility was scaling up the T-4 Euthanasia Program, in which disabled people had been murdered by gassing or lethal injection, by developing extermination camps for mass murder. Christian_Wirth | |
| Representation of the People Act 1918 Representation of the People Act 1918 (also known as the Qualification of Women Act) was an Act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in the United Kingdom. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act. This act was the first to lead to an inclusion of women in the political system. Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918 | |
| Dublin Lockout Dublin Lockout () was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers which took place in Ireland's capital city of Dublin. The dispute lasted from 26 August 1913 to 18 January 1914, and is commonly viewed as the most severe and significant industrial dispute in Irish history. Dublin_Lockout | |
| DD tank DD tanks (for Duplex Drive, but nicknamed Donald Duck tanks) were amphibious swimming tanks developed during the Second World War. The phrase is mostly used for the M4 Sherman medium tanks used by the Allies in the opening phases of the D-Day landings in 1944. DD_tank | |
| Council Learned in the Law Council Learned in the Law was a highly controversial tribunal of Henry VII of England's reign.The brainchild of Sir Reginald Bray, the Council Learned was introduced in 1495 to defend Henry’s position as a feudal landlord. It dealt with the king's fiscal matters and enforced payments of debts. Council_Learned_in_the_Law | |
| Capitalism/Archive 9 Talk:Capitalism/Archive_9 | |
| Early life of Pope Benedict XVI Talk:Early_life_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI | |
| Xylyl bromide Xylyl bromide, T-stoff or methylbenzyl bromide, was used as a tear gas in World War I under the name Weisskreuz (white cross). It was a popular agent due to its easy manufacture. Its first effective use in battle is dated to August 1914, in the battle of Ypres, when the French used tear gas grenades with xylyl bromide on Germans.Xylyl bromide was the active ingredient in the T-shell, an artillery shell with explosive in its front part, filled with the liquid agent and named after Hans von Tappen, its inventor. Xylyl_bromide | |
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