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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Computer mapping, woman at early 1990s computer

Timeline of the 1990s

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

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African Shield Platian Shield Indian Shield Antarctic Shield West African Shield Baltic Shield Australian Shield greenstone-granite belt Angaran Shield China-Korean Shield