Friedrich von der Pfalz, a.k.a. Frederick V the Elector Palatine (der Winterkönig)
Friedrich von der Pfalz was born in 1596 & reigned as Elector Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623 & as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. Frederick V's defeat with his defeat at the Battle of White Mountain on 8 November 1620 (a year & four days after his coronation) brought about 398 years of foreign subjugation for the Czech people & earned him the scathing sobriquet 'der Winterkönig' in Bohemia as the Thirty Years' War spread throughout the empire...
Philippe, Duc d'Orléans (1674-1723), Régent de France (1715-1723)
Louis XIV's nephew Philippe served as regent of France during Louis XV's minority (1715-23); one of the most remarkable figures in French history, despite his débauches, the Duc d'Orléans was a conscientious ruler & even a progressive one by the standards of his day; his one mistake was the catastrophic error of trusting the Scottish speculator John Law, who created the Mississippi Bubble, the Bernie Madoff pyramid scheme of its day; New Orleans is named for Philippe (1674-1723)
David Carter, Stonewall’s Definitive Historian, Dead at 67 – Gay City News
"David Carter, an historian, author, and LGBTQ activist whose 2004 book 'Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution' remains, more than 15 years later, the definitive account of the fateful events in Greenwich Village in late June of 1969, died May 1 in his West Village home," Gay City News reported (5.13.20)
Israeli Press Freedom Under Fire: Jerusalem Post Sacks Long-Time Political Cartoonist – Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح العالم
Avi Katz created this brilliant satirical cartoon based on George Orwell's "Animal Farm" after Benjamin Netanyahu pushed the 'nation-state law' through the Knesset; the Jerusalem Post fired him for doing his job; criticism of the authoritarian regime is not allowed in Apartheid Israel, which clearly is no democracy~! (July 2018)
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China issues warrant for Tiananmen dissident sheltering in U.S. embassy | June 11, 1989 | HISTORY
In June 1989, the PRC regime issued a warrant for the arrest of Fang Lizhi, an astrophysicist who'd taken refuge in the US embassy in Beijing following the Tiananmen Massacre; Fang & his wife Li Shuxian were ultimately allowed to go into exile after the embassy refused to give them up for arrest...
