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60th Anniversary of Liberation of Auschwitz
Thursday, January 27, 2005 will mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz (Photos). A number of survivors and liberators are returning to Auschwitz for the anniversary.
Sunday January 23, 2005  #

Johnny Carson Passed Away
Early in the morning on Sunday, January 23, late-night comedian Johnny Carson passed away. Carson was widely adored as the host of The Tonight Show for 30 years. It was a sad day when Carson retired as host in 1992 but the loss of such a great comedian makes today an even sadder day. Take a stroll down memory lane by browsing the Official Johnny Carson Website.
Sunday January 23, 2005  #

Nazis Gassed Hitler's Cousin in Their Euthanasia Program
As part of the Nazis attempt to cleanse the Fatherland in order to create a superior race, the Nazis forcibly sterilized people they deemed unsuitable to procreate and killed others who had mental illness. It has recently been discovered that one of Hitler's relatives was one of those gassed as part of the Nazi's Euthanasia Program. This BBC article explains more.
Wednesday January 19, 2005  #

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes
A collection of quotes by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. about justice, equality, life, law, freedom, peace, discrimination, and love.
Sunday January 16, 2005  #

Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, a shot rang out. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had been standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, now lay sprawled on the balcony's floor. A gaping wound covered a large portion of his jaw and neck. A great man who had spent thirteen years of his life dedicating himself to nonviolent protest had been felled by a sniper's bullet. Learn more about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Friday January 14, 2005  #

Sterilization During the Third Reich
Six months after Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, the first German compulsory sterilization law was created. Why did the Nazis do this and who did they sterilize?
Tuesday January 11, 2005  #

Preacher Arrested for Civil Rights Murders
After four decades, an arrest has been made for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers in Mississippi during Freedom Summer. On June 21, 1964, three young men (Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman) were investigating a burned church in Meridian when they were attacked by a large group of KKK and killed. Their bodies, buried in an earthen dam, weren't found for over a month. Though several Klansmen were arrested, only seven received sentences, with only two being sentenced to the maximum of ten years. After 40 years, Edgar Ray Killen, the man considered to be the leader and organizer of the attack, has finally been arrested.
Sunday January 09, 2005  #

1905 Japanese Battle Flag Found
The flag flown by Japanese Admiral Heihachiro Togo during the defeat of Russia's Baltic Fleet in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War has been recently returned to Japan. In 1911, Togo donated the 30-foot by 20-foot flag to the British warship Worcester, aboard which Togo learned seamanship as a young man. However, after the Worcester was retired, Japan lost track of the flag. The British Marine Society, which inherited the flag, carefully stored the flag and has recently agreed to permanently loan the flag to Japan, in time for the 100-year anniversary of the Russo-Japanese War. To learn more about the flag, check out this Telegraph article.
Thursday January 06, 2005  #

Photographs of the Great Depression
A large compilation of photos from the Great Depression, including photos of dust storms, farm foreclosures, migrant workers, women and children, unemployed workers, breadlines and soup kitchens.
Tuesday January 04, 2005  #

Letter From Vatican Found About Jewish Children
During World War II, many Catholic organizations hid Jewish children from the Nazis, thus saving them from the Holocaust. But what happened to these children after the war? A 1946 document, recently found in the Vatican archives, says that only Jewish children who had not been baptized could be allowed to go back to surviving family members. Read more about this document and its implications in this great Miami Herald article.
Sunday January 02, 2005  #

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