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HISTORY.com works with a wide range of writers and editors to create accurate and informative content. All articles are regularly reviewed and updated by the HISTORY.com team. Articles with the “HISTORY.com Editors” byline have been written or edited by the HISTORY.com editors, including Amanda Onion, Missy Sullivan, Matt Mullen and Christian Zapata.

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin (1952-) is a former KGB agent who has ruled Russia for more than two decades.

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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin inside the Apollo 11 prior to the lunar landing on July 20, 1969. (Credit: NASA)

Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin became the second man to walk on the moon during NASA’s 1969 Apollo 11 mission. Beyond that historic moment, Aldrin played a critical behind-the-scenes role in solving some of the thorniest challenges of manned space flight.

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Ferdinand Foch

Ferdinand Foch was a French military leader who served as supreme commander of the Allied armies during the final months of World War I. He played a pivotal role in the negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended the conflict.

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Carrie Chapman Catt

Carrie Chapman Catt

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was a trailblazing American suffragist, political strategist and visionary leader who devoted her life to the women’s rights cause and was a major force behind the passage of the 19th Amendment.

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Why Woodstock Almost Never Happened

Woodstock, the iconic music festival, brought huge audiences and groundbreaking performances. But when local residents raised concerns about crowds of arriving music fans, it almost never happened.

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Congressman Romualdo Pacheco
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History Shorts: The First Hispanic Congressman Fights for His Seat

Romauldo Pacheco ran to represent a large Southern California district that was sympathetic to his bid for office. But he encountered fierce opposition.

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Prussian-German field marshal and statesman Paul von Hindenburg (1847 - 1934) in military uniform, circa 1918.

Paul von Hindenburg

Paul von Hindenburg was a significant and controversial political figure in German history who served as the second president of the Weimar Republic. While some praised him for stabilizing Germany in the wake of World War I sanctions, Hindenburg played a key role in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.

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Battle of Leipzig

Battle of Leipzig

The 1813 Battle of Leipzig delivered a resounding defeat for Napoleon, ending what was left of French power in Germany and Poland.

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Amerigo Vespucci Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer, Amerigo Vespucci (1454 - 1512), circa 1500. From an original painting by Bronzino. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci was a 16th-century Italian merchant and explorer remembered not only for his voyages that altered the course of history but for bestowing the New World with the name “America.”

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British Field Marshal Sir John Denton Pinkstone French

John French

Field Marshal Sir John French, Earl of Ypres, served as the commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Forces during World War I.

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Portrait of French military commander General Joseph Joffre (1852 - 1931) during the First World War, France, circa 1914. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

Joseph Joffre

Joseph Joffre, one of France’s most influential military leaders, played a significant role in shaping the outcome of World War I.

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Muslim people praying around the Kaaba in Mecca.

The Hajj

The Hajj is the most ritualistic obligation in Islam and one of the largest Muslim pilgrimages in the world. It takes place once a year across several sacred sites in and around the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia—the birthplace of Islam.

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