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Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, formally ending it by presidential decree in 1981 and later passing a law in 2007 that criminalized slave‑holding and related practices. Despite these legal changes, independent estimates and ...

Yazidi Genocide On August 3, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched an हमला on the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, targeting the Yazidi minority. ISIS forces captured towns and villages, accusing the Yazidis of religious deviation and de...

Typhus and Mortality in Nazi Concentration Camps Historical records from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Nazi documentation, and post-war investigations confirm that typhus was a primary cause of death in Nazi concentration c...

The German–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact And Its Secret Protocols On August 23, 1939, the governments of Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty in Moscow. The agreement was signed by German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentro...

Herero And Nama Genocide On January 12, 1904, members of the Herero community initiated an armed uprising against German colonial authorities in German South West Africa, present-day Namibia. The conflict followed years of territorial dispossession, livest...

The California Native American genocide refers to the systematic destruction and mass killing of Indigenous peoples in California during the mid-19th century, primarily following the 1848 Gold Rush.Between 1846 and 1873, tens of thousands of Native American...

On December 1, 1845, David Levy Yulee was sworn in as one of the first two United States senators from the newly admitted State of Florida, marking a notable moment in U.S. political history. Yulee, born June 12, 1810, became the first person of Jewish heri...