Love& Espionage
In the early 1980s, Ghana and the US relations were strained following a coup executed in 1979. Jerry Rawlings, a former flight lieutenant had taken power and installed a military-led government. This did not sit well with America. Thread 🧵
This is political satire by the famous British cartoonist David Low. It uses irony to critique the hypocrisy of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936). Referring to peaceful existence as “barbarism” and aerial bombardment by Italy as “civilization”
James Brown performs at the Zaire 74 festival during the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight championship boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.
Idi Amin is known to have written love letters to the Queen of England stating he wanted to be King of Scotland.
He declared himself 'Conquerer of the British Empire'. To show his might, he asked British investors to carry him on their shoulders and even kneel before him when he addressed them.
The crew of mission STS-51L on the way to board the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986.
The Shuttle would disintegrate 73 seconds after lift off killing all on board.