MLK Born: America's Voice for Justice and Equality
Martin Luther King Jr. was 26 years old when Rosa Parks was arrested and he was chosen to lead the Montgomery bus boycott. He'd been pastor of his church for exactly one year. The boycott lasted 381 days. It worked. Over the next 13 years, he was arrested 30 times, had his home bombed, was stabbed in the chest by a woman who thought he was a communist, and was surveilled constantly by the FBI, which tried to blackmail him into suicide. He was 35 when he won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was 39 when James Earl Ray shot him on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
January 15, 1929
97 years ago
What Else Happened on January 15
Thirteen thousand starving people. A city under total blockade. Nebuchadrezzar's Babylonian armies didn't just want Jerusalem—they wanted to crush the spirit of…
Nabucodonosor II de Babilonia sitia Jerusalén bajo el reinado de Sedequías. El sitio durará dos años, hasta el 18 de julio del 586 a. C.
He lasted 95 days. A former playboy and Nero's wingman, Otho seized the imperial throne through pure audacity—murdering his predecessor Galba in broad daylight …
Während des Nika-Aufstandes der Zirkusparteien gegen den byzantinischen Kaiser Justinian I. zünden Aufständische mehrere Gebäude an, unter anderem den Großen Pa…
إعلان قيام الدولة الفاطمية في المغرب بعد نجاح أبي عبد الله الشيعي في دعوته وجذب الأعوان والأنصار لها وقيامه بمبايعة عبيد الله المهدي بالخلافة.
à Paris, Philippe II Auguste crée juridiquement l'université de Paris en octroyant une charte royale accordant le for ecclésiastique à ses membres.
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