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Adam Smith’s Is Published (1776) by Dunia Buku on Mar 9, 2010Published in 1776, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of Scottish economist Adam Smith. It is a clearly written account of political economy at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution and is considered the...

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (1890) by Dunia Buku on Mar 9, 2010A leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s until 1957, Molotov rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin. He became prime minister in 1930 and later served as foreign minister. Though he first negotiated a treaty with Hitler's Germa...

The Gnadenhütten Massacre (1782) by Dunia Buku on Mar 8, 2010During the American Revolution, the Lenape, or Delaware, group of Native Americans found itself divided on the issue of which side, if any, to take in the conflict. Some members elected to fight against the Americans, while others—particularly Chri...

Kenneth Grahame (1859) by Dunia Buku on Mar 8, 2010Grahame was an English author best known for writing The Wind in the Willows, whose anthropomorphic animal characters—Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad—captivatingly combine human traits with authentic animal habits. Though a children's classic, it has...

Antoninus Pius Is Succeeded by Co-Emperors (161) by Dunia Buku on Mar 7, 2010When Emperor Antoninus Pius died in 161, Marcus Aurelius accepted the throne on the condition that he and Lucius Verus be made joint emperors—an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire. Aurelius likely sought the partnership so Veru...

Janet Guthrie (1938) by Dunia Buku on Mar 7, 2010Before becoming the first woman to qualify for and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500, race car driver Janet Guthrie worked as an aerospace engineer. She took up racing in 1963, and by 1977, she had competed in two of racing's m...

Michelangelo (1475) by Dunia Buku on Mar 6, 2010Among the world's most celebrated artists, Michelangelo was one of the foremost figures of the Renaissance. The marble David, which he completed before his 30th birthday, set a new standard in nude sculpture, and his paintings in the Sistine Chapel a...

Gallaudet University Students Demand Deaf President (1988) by Dunia Buku on Mar 6, 2010When their existing president resigned in 1987, students at Gallaudet University, a liberal arts university for the deaf in Washington, DC, began campaigning for a deaf successor to the post, which had never been held by a deaf person. When the schoo...

Rosa Luxemburg (1871) by Dunia Buku on Mar 5, 2010Luxemburg was a Polish-born German revolutionary and Marxist political theorist. She helped found the Polish Social Democratic Party, was a leader of the left wing of the German Social Democratic Party, and collaborated with Karl Liebknecht in foundi...

Frederick Barbarossa Elected King of the Germans (1152) by Dunia Buku on Mar 4, 2010Frederick Barbarossa was elected King of Germany in 1152 and crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1155. Shortly thereafter, an apparent misunderstanding with Pope Adrian IV led Frederick to mount military operations against Italy and install an antipope in...