Discover how Kwanzaa became an African-American holiday. Unlike Christmas and Hanukkah, Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday, and is only decades old. Founded by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chairman of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach in 1966, Kwanzaa was created as a way to bring African-Americans together as a community. Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement and racial disturbances across the United States, Karenga aimed to bridge the gap within the African diaspora with a holiday honoring African heritage, especially in African-American culture.

If the reports are true, animal rights groups can claim a small victory.Feature China / Barcroft Media via Getty Images A ten-day dog meat-eating festival that sparks global outrage each year has reportedly been banned from selling dog meat. Founded in 2010, the Lychee and Dog Meat Festival has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of dogs each year — many of which were strays or stolen pets. Now, animal rights groups are claiming a small victory.

Edda Göring was "the Shirley Temple of Nazi Germany" surrounded by wealth and luxury looted from persecuted Jews. She defended her father's legacy until her death.Ullstein Bild/Getty ImagesAdolf Hitler, Emmy and Hermann Göring at Edda’s baptism in Carinhall. Nov. 4, 1938. Daughter of high-ranking Nazi military leader Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler’s goddaughter, Edda Göring, has died at the age of 80. According to The New York Times, the famously unrepentant woman has been buried in an unmarked grave.

In 1991, excavators discovered a burial ground in lower Manhattan. Today, it's the African Burial Ground National Monument.Library of CongressAn overhead view of the memorial at the African Burial Ground National Memorial in lower Manhattan. In Manhattan, buildings rise in the blink of in eye. The iconic skyline contains very few remnants of the city’s earliest history, not just because they would be dwarfed by modern skyscrapers, but because relatively few have survived into the 21st century due to fire, decay, and modern construction.

Grace Millane was traveling the world after graduating from college when she met Jesse Kempson on a dating app while visiting New Zealand — then he strangled her to death in his hotel room.In 2018, 21-year-old Grace Millane decided to take a gap year after graduating from college. The young British woman planned to travel the world, and she set off on a backpacking tour that fall. After spending six weeks in South America, she flew to New Zealand for a two-week stay.