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The Gladiators of Rome were popular attractions around the 1st century A.D. luring bloodthirsty crowds to arenas like the Colosseum to witness the fight to the death combat and animal slaying.

On May 6th, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created The Works Progress Administration (WPA) to employ Americans in the construction of infrastructure projects during the darkest days of the Great Depression, when unemployment rates topped 20%.

The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age for African American writers, artists, and musicians who migrated to Harlem seeking affordable rents during the Great Migration.

Mahatma Gandhi was a lawyer by profession, protestor by practice, and peaceful by nature. Gandhi left his mark on South Africa and his birth country, India, before being assassinated by a Hindu fanatic.

The Great Migration was a period during the 20th century when more than six million African Americans relocated from the segregated South to find opportunities and safety in less racist parts of the U.S.

Known as the Gunpowder Plot, on November 5th, 1605, Guy Fawkes and fellow Catholic conspirators attempted to eradicate England’s Protestant-led government with 36 barrels of gunpowder rigged beneath the House of Lords.

After the shift in priorities following the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, The Great Awakening was a period in the United States marked by the return of religious practice and fervor. Passionate preachers led the movement, traveling the country delivering sermons to convert non-believers.