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5 hours ago · The Iranian Revolution ( Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn] ), also known as the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Revolution ( انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī ), [4] was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
5 hours ago · Lenin was the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia after the Czars, serving from 1917 to 1924. He was instrumental in the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to the end of the Romanov dynasty and the ultimate execution of the Czar’s family. Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) led the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution and ...
5 hours ago · The Industrial Revolution performance at the 2012 London Olympic opening ceremony. More recent opening ceremonies have their own political stories. Sochi 2014’s stirred up national pride in Russian history and culture weeks before Russia annexed Crimea.
3 hours ago · The Maoist polity was supposedly based on peasant power, but between 30-40 million peasants starved to death during the Great Leap Forward (1958-61), and a few million during the stringent early years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-70). Yet Mao paid little attention to “the petty amenities and minor humanities” that the peasants deserved.
5 hours ago · This represented a 168% increase in India, where 329,190 EVs were sold. In 2022, EV sales exceeded 10 million, with 14% of all new cars sold being electric (ref). As the world adopts this green revolution, a new breed of technology is leading the charge – “EV charging station aggregator apps”.
5 hours ago · Carbon Revolution’s one-piece carbon fiber wheels are significantly lighter than the aluminum option, reducing the Corvette ZR1’s rotating, unsprung mass by 42.8 lbs. (19.4kg) across the vehicle.
6 hours ago · The Revolutionary War ended 241 years ago. A Hoosier organization is working to preserve the memory of five Vigo County veterans of the battle for America's independence. A ceremony Saturday morning in Terre Haute's Woodlawn Cemetery will be the result of that effort. The local John Martin chapter of the Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution will conduct a grave marking at the ...
