Battle of Agridi (1232 CE)
Illustration of the Battle of Agridi (1232 CE), during the War of the Lombards, by Marek Szyszko. Courtesy of Medieval Warfare Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.
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Street furniture, a symbol of Paris
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Air Force helicopter pilot rescues Special Forces team
While returning to base from another mission, Air Force 1st Lt. Fleming and four other Bell UH-1F helicopter pilots get an urgent message from an Army Special Forces team pinned down by enemy fire.Although several of the other helicopters had to leave the area because of low fuel, Lieutenant Fleming and another pilot pressed on with the rescue effort.
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1960 was a year of widespread protests in the South. Blacks, led by student protesters, initiated widespread sit-ins throughout the South, demanding integration of restaurants and other public accommodations. In one of the sit-ins, Reverend Martin Luther King was arrested, and sentenced to four months in jail for parole violation from an earlier traffic violation.
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