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Who Is Rosa Parks? Civil Rights Hero Honored On Dec. 1

On this day in 1955, a woman took her seat in the "colored" section of a Montgomery bus. As the bus slowly filled, the woman was asked to give up her seat for a white rider. She refused. Here's how Rosa Parks started a civil rights movement.

When Did Cyber Monday Start And Who Invented It?

A few days after Thanksgiving and Black Friday comes another event anticipated by Americans — Cyber Monday. A term coined in 2005 by coined by Ellen Davis and Scott Silverman, Cyber Monday was created by retailers to encourage people to shop online.

Thanksgiving History: Who Started This Holiday Tradition?

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated annually to remember the alliance between the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag people in 1621. Today, Americans view Thanksgiving as a day to remember the sanctity of family and friendship over a bountiful meal.

Why Did SpaceX Crew Dragon Astronauts Bring Baby Yoda To ISS?

As the Crew-1 astronauts head toward the International Space Station, they revealed their fifth passenger: a small plush doll of Baby Yoda from "The Mandalorian." The doll serves as a zero-gravity indicator. Once it starts floating, it would mean the crew is past the launch phase.

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