The son of a poor scholar, this Asian leader led the nationalist movement of his country for three decades, until his death in 1969.

Legendary labor organizer Joe Hill was executed in 1915 after being convicted of killing two men in a holdup in this city:

The "Boot Monument" in Saratoga National Historical Park is dedicated to this soldier.

In 1927 the French launched a major military campaign in Syria to suppress a revolt by this religious group.

George Kastrioti, also known as Skanderbeg, was a great national hero of these people:

Prizefighter James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett beat this man to win the world heavyweight championship in 1892.

"Comecon" was the Soviet Union?s attempt to create an organization that would be the Communist equivalent of this.

It was on this date that the "Hot Line" between the Soviet Union and the United States became operative:

In 1947, this country was given $400 million by the U.S. in the first substantial action under the Truman Doctrine, which was intended to curb Soviet expansion:

This one-time scout in the Apache wars was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyo., for the alleged murder of 14-year-old Willie Nickell on July 18, 1901: