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Mayflower was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620...

The evil eye is a supernatural belief in a curse brought about by a malevolent glare, usually inspired by envy. The belief in the evil eye among humans...

Flagellation (Latin flagellum, 'whip'), flogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, rods, switches...

1990 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1990. 1990 (MCMXC) was...

An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part...

1950 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1950. 1950 (MCML) was...

The following is a list of national founders of sovereign states who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who...

This list contains notable people who have been killed in traffic collisions. This list does not include those who were killed competing on closed-road...

Human zoos, also known as ethnological expositions, were public displays of people, usually in a so-called "natural" or "primitive" state. They were most...

Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant, was held on November 8, 2008 at The Venetian Macao in Macau, the presenters are Eric Tsang...

Hugh d'Avranches (c. 1047 – 27 July 1101), nicknamed le Gros (the Large) or Lupus (the Wolf), was from 1071 the second Norman Earl of Chester and one of...

Ceterum (autem) censeo Carthaginem esse delendam ("Furthermore, I consider Carthage to need to be destroyed"), often abbreviated to Carthago delenda est...

The Battle of Elaia–Kalamas (Greek: Μάχη Ελαίας-Καλαμά, romanized: Machi Elaias-Kalama) took place in Epirus on 2–8 November 1940. The battle was fought...

Nobility in Iceland (Icelandic: aðall; Norwegian: adel) may refer to the following: Icelanders who belonged to the aristocracy of the Icelandic Commonwealth...

Blood atonement was a doctrine in the history of Mormonism still adhered to by some fundamentalist splinter groups, under which the atonement of Jesus...

50°08′55″N 5°38′01″W / 50.1487°N 5.6337°W / 50.1487; -5.6337 Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort (ringfort) near Penzance in Cornwall, England...

Beihan or Bayhan (Arabic: بيحان Bayḥān), officially the Emirate of Beihan (Arabic: إمارة بيحان Imārat Bayḥān), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate...

Whitefish salad is a salad of smoked freshwater whitefish and mayonnaise. Whitefish salad is a staple fare of Ashkenazi Jewish American cuisine, often...

USS Tusk (SS-426), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tusk, an alternate name for the cusk, a large...

1914 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in November 1914: The Ottoman...