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History, Holidays & Observances on January 20: Martin Luther King Day

Holiday & Observances: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Major Events: Montfort’s Parliament & Representative Democracy Notable Events: Pope St. Fabian, Charles I tried for treason, tyranny, Hong Kong Island, motion pictures, Wannsee Conference, Harry Truman’s foreign aid, Angus Deaton, Sudan, Sharia Law, Born: Richard Henry Lee, Clarice Cliff Died: David

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Personalities matter

At Cal, I wasn’t sophisticated enough to understand that I was being taught the Marxist version of history.  All I knew is that my love for history was predicated on the power of personalities, while the history they taught at Cal ignored individuals and focused on mass movements that were

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