Gerboise Bleue - 50 Years Ago This WeekIn the atmosphere above Algeria's southern Sahara - France detonated a 70 kiloton nuclear bomb to join the US, Soviet Union and Great Britain as a nuclear-armed state.
The test came in response to Algerian leader Jacques Massui's vague threats against the French government in which he and his followers played a crucial role in having Charles de Gaulle installed as leader.
Abyssinian Crisis - 75 Years Ago This WeekIn the border area between Ethiopia and Italian-Somalia - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini dispatched 35,000 soldiers into the area in preparation for a full scale invasion of one of the last two independent African states.
(As part of my tutoring my young cousins in "Black" History - these two incidents popped up.
There is no such thing as "Black History" - Black History is World History.)
2 comments:
you know its world history, but all the high school teachers dont
@brohammas I wouldn't say all. I didn't know that black history was really world history (let alone American history) until my junior year of high school (via my year long AP History course).
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