Battle of the Coral Sea

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The fall of Rome, a far-reaching and dominant Roman empire, was caused by internal division, corruption, tax evasion, labor shortages, religion, and invasions from more powerful armies.

George Washington Carver was born into slavery but became the first Black man to earn a Bachelor of Science degree going on to pursue a Masters degree. Carver invented crop rotation and more than 300 products based on peanuts.

Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong called upon China’s youth to purge the “Four Olds” in a cultural revolution. The result would be widespread harassment, imprisonment, violence and anarchy.

Krampus, the Christmas devil, is the scary counterpart to Santa Claus, a half-man and half-mutant goat meant to scare naughty Austrian children into changing their ways.

Nat Turner was an educated and religious African American slave who claimed to hear commandments from God. Nat Turner’s Rebellion was a violent insurrection against white slave owners, killing between 55 and 65 white people, but ultimately resulting in the death of three times as many slaves.

Thomas Edison began his long career as an inventor to resolve his own hearing impairment, filing more than 1,000 patents on innumerable inventions. Edison continued to work into his 80s until his death at age 84.

After Joseph Stalin declared himself dictator in 1929, he began his Great Purge of former allies, Bolshevik enemies, or anyone perceived as a threat to Stalin’s power. Ultimately, the Great Purge extended into genocide of peasants, ethnic minorities and even children.