The Mexican Revolution (1910) was an armed insurrection that took place in Mexico, of a liberal and popular character, formed by government dissidents, peasants and indigenous people. It also brought together socialist, liberal and anarchist leaders in the struggle for agrarian reform, nationalizat
The Big Stick Policy is a reference to US President Theodore Roosevelts (1858 - 1919) style of resolving diplomatic conflicts. In a speech that took place in 1901, during a fair in Minnesota, the president used an African proverb that says:with smooth speech and a big club, you go far . This was t
In 1963, Sidney Poitier he managed to be the first African-American actor to win the Oscar for best actor for his performance in Lilies of the valley , but the beginnings were not easy. Sidney Poitier with the Oscar. Although he has always considered himself Bahamian, he was born in Miami -bec
Son of Neapolitan parents who emigrated to the US during the last decade of the 19th century, Alphonse Gabriel Capone , Al Capone , was born on January 17, 1899 in New York. After being expelled from school at the age of 14 for hitting a teacher, he worked various jobs until he met Johnny Torrio ,