Battle of the Coral Sea

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The freedom riders were a group of seven African Americans and six white civil rights activists who set out in 1961 to evaluate the Supreme Court’s ruling that segregation inside transportation facilities is unconstitutional. Facing mobs of white haters, firebombs, and beatings, the freedom riders left their mark on the movement.

Samhain is the more than 3,000-year-old Celtic tradition of celebrating life-giving harvests and a respect for the dead. Rituals and offerings are made to evil spirits to this day in the Gaelic festival of Samhain.

The history of Jack O’ Lanterns dates back to the Irish legend of “Stingy Jack” who swindled the Devil twice and was turned away from both Heaven and Hell, cursed to roam the afterlife with a dimly lit piece of coal; Inspiring the practice of carving pumpkins to ward off evil spirits.

The Liberty Bell was cast in London in 1751, arrived in Philadelphia in 1752, and has become the symbol of American independence and liberty for all.

Nefertiti was the queen of Egypt from 1370 to 1330 BCE due to her marriage to Amenhotep IV. Her disappearance from the historical record during Amenhotep’s reign has led to speculation of a co-regency in ancient Egypt.

In the nearly eleven-month Battle of Gallipoli, some 480,000 Allied troops fought, witnessing 250,000 casualties, including 46,000 deaths, making it one of the bloodiest campaigns of World War One.

Thomas Edward Lawrence, known popularly as Lawrence of Arabia, was a British intelligence officer during the Arab Revolt of WWI. Lawrence would contribute many valuable intelligence reports leading to his promotion to Major and would go on to re-enlist in the RAF under a pseudonym.