History

Switzerland's constitution

"In the name of Almighty God! The Swiss People and the Cantons, mindful of their responsibility towards creation... determined to live together with mutual consideration and respect for their diversity..."

Colonel Tom Parker

Elvis Presley's manager from the singer's rise to fame until Elvis' death in 1977. Parker continued to manage Elvis' business interests until 1983, when his unethical practices started to be revealed.

Margaret Sanger

Sanger popularized the term "birth control", opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America --wikipedia

Srebrenica massacre: was it genocide?

"The July 1995 genocidal killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys in and around the town of Srebrenica, during the Bosnian War" --wikipedia

Coronation of Elizabeth II

Request: Coronations are a pledge to God by the Queen

T/F: The attacks on 9/11 involved controlled demolition

Specifically, 7 World Trade Center, which was not hit by a jet airliner

Roman law

forms the basic framework for civil law... The historical importance of Roman law is reflected by the continued use of Latin legal terminology in many legal systems influenced by it, including common law. --wikipedia

Pontius Pilate

best known for being the official who presided over the trial of Jesus and ultimately ordered his crucifixion --wikipedia

Charles de Gaulle

In TvF, Dr. Hawkins cites de Gaulle's "pomposity" in the context of France's relationship with the United States. Though he fueled anti-American sentiment, this does not seem to be the whole picture regarding de Gaulle.

memento mori

Request: Doc said in healing and recovery that a way to accelerate spiritual progress is to process out attachments at the prospect of death. A memento mori in a symbolic reminder of death

kissing booth

an attraction, usually at a carnival, where the person running the booth kisses other people, often to raise funds for charity. --wikipedia

Barack Obama born in Kenya

Sometimes the search for truth is called a conspiracy, and the actual truth is covered up conspiratorially. It's hard to know what is true when is information is controlled and evidence is fabricated. In this particular case, however, the point is moot.

Johannes Gutenberg

German inventor, printer, publisher, and goldsmith who introduced printing to Europe with his mechanical movable-type printing press. --wikipedia

Victorian

"of, relating to, or characteristic of the reign of Queen Victoria of England or the art, letters, or tastes of her time" --merriam-webster.com

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

the largest crime bill in the history of the United States... provided for a greatly expanded federal death penalty, new classes of individuals banned from possessing firearms, and a variety of new crimes defined in statutes relating to hate crimes, sex crimes, and gang-related crime --wikipedia