Gangsters of the Roaring Twenties

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On March 11th, 2011, Japan was hit with a trifecta of tragedy including the Tōhoku earthquake, subsequent Tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdown of Fukushima. The loss of life, property, and GDP made 3.11 one of the worst events in Japanese history.

Woodrow Wilson was lauded for his leadership during WWI but his views on race, slavery and segregation halted progress towards racial equality during the early 20th-Century.

The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought in Indiana in 1811, in which US forces led by William Henry Harrison defeated Tecumseh’s confederation of Native American tribes. It was a significant victory for the US and helped pave the way for Harrison’s later presidency.

After the Cold War, the USSR was in a period of economic stagnation and reform towards free market capitalism which led to the loss of their baltic state territories and ultimately the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Geronimo was a Native American hunter and warrior from the Bendonkohe/Apache Chiricahua tribe, who used the murder of his wife and three children to devote himself to avenging usurpers of ancestral lands.

Desmond T. Doss was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic during World War II. He was a “conscientious cooperator” and refused to carry a weapon or kill anyone, instead choosing to serve as a medic, most famously as a hero at Hacksaw Ridge.

Bloody Mary was the nickname of Queen Mary I of England, who ruled from 1553 to 1558. She is known for her attempts to restore Roman Catholicism in England and her persecution of Protestants, earning her the nickname “Bloody Mary.”