August 15, 1944 - History Education Network

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On 6-24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the Upstairs Lounge, a popular gay bar and home to the Metropolitan Community Church in NO French Quarter. Pictured here is the trapped Rev. Bill Larson, an openly gay pastor who led the congregation and provided a safe sanctuary to worship.

Nikita Khrushchev surrounded by people voting for his resignation, USSR, October 14, 1964.

A cartoon published in 2015 by the pro-settler Israel National News site compares Israeli authorities to Nazis.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 2016, Art by Bill Bramhall for the New York Daily News

Legendary Soviet rockstar Viktor Tsoi of Kino working his day job as a stoker in a Leningrad boiler room, required by law to avoid being prosecuted for ‘parasitism’ (1986)