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Jeremy Strong and Sacha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).

The 1968 Democratic National Convention was marred by protests and five days and nights of violent confrontations between police and protestors. Though many people were arrested, none were as infamous as the Chicago Seven.

Scott Beggs
The flag for the United States Space Force.

On December 20, 2019, Donald Trump signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, creating a sixth branch of the U.S. military: The United States Space Force.

Tony Dunnell
















Sorghaghtani Beki, Genghis Khan's daughter-in-law, was a powerful ruler.

The daughters of Genghis Khan ruled nations that controlled the Silk Road, the favored route for trading spices, cloth, pottery, and other goods between China, India, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.

Joan Vos MacDonald