Daily Content Archive
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 Child SoldiersChildren have been used extensively in military campaigns as direct combatants, porters, spies, and sex slaves throughout history, even in societies where such involvement is regarded as immoral, and the practice remains widespread today. Hundreds of thousands of child soldiers can be found throughout the world, with an estimated 100,000 in Africa alone. Under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, conscripting or enlisting children under what age constitutes a war crime? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Gutzon Borglum Begins Sculpting Mount Rushmore (1927)Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a massive carving of four US presidents' heads, each about 60 ft (18 m) high, on the side of a South Dakota mountain, took 400 workers 14 years to complete. Its designer, sculptor Gutzon Borglum—who had previously worked on a Confederate memorial on Georgia's Stone Mountain—died before Rushmore was completed, and his unfinished Hall of Records behind the heads is off-limits to the public. What nearby mountain sculpture will dwarf Rushmore when completed? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Louis X of France (1289)Louis the Stubborn became king of Navarre, a region in the north of Spain bordering France, upon the death of his mother, Joan of Navarre. Upon the death of his father, Philip IV, in 1314, he became king of France. His rule was short-lived. Following a game of tennis in 1316, he drank a large amount of wine and died from an unverified illness. He is remembered primarily for his concessions to the nobility. At the time of his death, his wife was pregnant with his heir. What happened to the child? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.Mark Twain (1835-1910) | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Shiprock Navajo Nation Fair (2020)Also known as the Northern Navajo Fair, this fair began in 1924 and is considered the oldest and most traditional of Navajo fairs. It is held in Shiprock, New Mexico, the largest community of the Navajo Nation. The fair coincides with the conclusion of an ancient healing ceremony known as the Yei Bei Chei (Night Chant), a complex ritual conducted after the first frost. Spectators then go on to other events of the fair such as an all-Indian rodeo, an inter-tribal powwow, a livestock show, a carnival, the Miss Northern Navajo Pageant, and a Saturday morning parade. More... | |