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The corrupt Prince Zhao is planning a revolt to get revenge on his uncle, the emperor.The prince puts together a list of his co-conspirators pledging their allegiance to his plot and keeps it locked away in the infamous House of Traps, a place where high-level individuals' most valuable items are kept safe from bandits, thieves, or their enemies.
Nat Turner's Rebellion is celebrated as part of Black August. [ 49 ] In the post-9/11 era, Nat Turner's legacy has been reinterpreted to distance him from the radicalized image of the "terrorist" in U.S. discourse, with Kyle Baker's graphic novel Nat Turner (2005–2007) depicting him as a Christ-like martyr rather than a religious extremist ...
The Sonderkommando revolt in Auschwitz occurred on 7 October 1944, when a large group of Sonderkommando members in the crematoria area of Birkenau camp (also known as Auschwitz II) rebelled against the Nazi guards of the camp. The revolt was suppressed after Crematorium IV was blown up, killing three German guards and 452 members of the ...
Paris Commune, 29 May 1871 The Herzegovina uprising of 1875–1877 was an uprising led by Christian population, mostly Serbs, against the Ottoman Empire Boxer Rebellion fighting Eight-Nation Alliance The current Puerto Rican Flag was flown for the first time in Puerto Rico by Fidel Vélez and his men during the "Intentona de Yauco" revolt
Infamous (stylized as inFAMOUS) is a series of video games developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. The series follows the adventures of Cole MacGrath, Delsin Rowe and Abigail "Fetch" Walker, super-powered "Conduits" who must decide their own destinies of becoming ...
The election of Mayor Jerome Cavanagh in 1961 brought some reform to the police department, led by new Detroit Police Commissioner George Edwards.Detroit had acquired millions in federal funds through President Johnson's Great Society programs and invested them almost exclusively in the inner city, where poverty and social problems were concentrated.
The resentment grew until 30 April 1976, when children at Orlando West Junior School in Soweto went on strike and refused to go to school. Their rebellion then spread to many other schools in Soweto. Black South African students protested because they believed that they deserved to be treated and taught like white South Africans.
The books of Arius and his followers, after the first Council of Nicaea (325 C.E.), were burned for heresy by the Roman emperors Constantine, Honorius, and Theodosius I, who published a decree commanding that, "the doctrine of the Trinity should be embraced by those who would be called catholics; that all others should bear the infamous name of ...