Over 4,000 years ago, the high priestess Enheduanna put pen to clay and wrote the Exaltation of Inanna, making her the earliest known named author in world history.
Sources
"Documents that changed the way we live" by Joseph Janes
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enheduanna
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Disk_of_Enheduanna.JPG
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Captain Vernice Armour: The first African American female combat pilot
In the early 2000's, Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour took to the skies piloting a Cobra heliocopter, defying the odds of everyone saying she can't. This is the story of Captain Vernice Armour, the first African-American female combat pilot.
Sources
https://www.unsungheroeseducation.com/Transcripts/Vernice%20Armour%20Interviews.pdf
Image (cropped from original): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-120518-M-HF911-372.jpg
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1527 Sack of Rome
In May of 1527, 20,000 mutinous soldiers of Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire descended on Rome. What would follow was the absolute devastation of the city and its population, the gutting of the power of the Papacy, and the end of the High Renaissance era.
Sources
Medievalists.net: https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/sack-rome-1527/
Smart History: https://smarthistory.org/sack-of-rome/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(1527)
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sack_of_Rome.jpg
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Anders' Exiled Polish Army of WWII
In the first months of WWII, millions of Polish citizens and soldiers were deported to the Soviet Union. As prisoners of war, hundreds of thousands perished from cold, starvation and execution. But after the German invasion of Russia, these exiles and prisoners were crafted into an army to fight the Nazis. The man to lead them was Wladyslaw Anders. This is the tale of Ander’s exiled Polish army.
Sources
"An Army in Exile: The Story of the Second Polish Corps" by Władysław Anders
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Anders
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Władysław_Anders.jpg
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Sidi Mubarak Bombay
Sidi Mubarak Bombay grew up a slave - taken from his home in Africa to India. But that didn't stop him from being one of the most accomplished explorers and travelers of Central Africa. Over a period of 20 years, Bombay traveled = with the most famous African explorers, including Richard Francis Burton, Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingston, and Richard Speke.
Sources
Black Past: https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/sidi-mubarak-bombay-a-k-a-mbarak-mombee-1820-1885/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidi_Mubarak_Bombay
Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Sidi_Mubarak_Bombay._Across_Africa_%281877%29.jpg
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History Dispatches is a daily history show hosted by father and son duo Matt and McKinley Breen. The show covers people, places, events and even objects from throughout history. While any topic is fair game, Matt and McKinley hold a soft spot for the offbeat and wacky stories that most people don’t know about.
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