When Xi Jinping held the first-ever talks in Beijing with a former president of Taiwan, seeking to press the island closer to unification, a bookish-looking official stood out for his ease around ...
April 27, 1953 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order that bans homosexuals from working for the federal government, saying they are a security risk. September 1955 – The first ...
In 2016, the United Kingdom’s Brexit ... independent from the U.K. in 1966 received a stunning rebuke in national elections. The Botswana Democratic Party lost its majority in Parliament for the first ...