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 "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning by The Ovi Team
16 June 2020
June 16th, Ratcatcher's Day is a holiday based upon the date of the Pied Piper incident as reported in the Robert Browning poem. Today you can read the poem... (2 comments) |  1976 Soweto protest by The Ovi Team
16 June 2020
June 16th 1976; Soweto protest turns violent. At least 12 people are reported to have been killed in a series of violent clashes between black demonstrators and police in several South African townships. (Add a comment) |  Europe should reflect on racial inequality too by Christos Mouzeviris
15 June 2020
Since the 25th of May and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the African American who succumbed whilst in police custody, yet another round of race inequality related violence and protests has erupted across the US. (Add a comment) |  Radical Reforms: Disbanding Police Forces in the US by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
15 June 2020
If you can envisage the commencement of a police force as a band of auxiliaries to keep slaves in check, capture escapees and sow much terror, it becomes that much clearer. Such men were not stewards to keep the people safe... (Add a comment) |  Iron Fist for Pacific East by Ovi Magazine Guest
15 June 2020
"Americans performed three very different policies on the People's Republic: From a total negation (and the Mao-time mutual annihilation assurances), to Nixon's sudden cohabitation. Finally, a Copernican-turn: the US spotted no... (Add a comment) |  Berserk Alert! #092 by Tony Zuvela
15 June 2020
Tony Zuvela and his view of the world around us in a constant berserk alert! (Add a comment) |  Magna Carta by The Ovi Team
15 June 2020
June 15th, 1215. Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or "Great Charter." The document, essentially a peace treaty... (Add a comment) |  Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co by The Ovi Team
15 June 2020
June 15th 1911; the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. was incorporated in the state of New York. The company was later renamed International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. In 1911, financier Charles R. Flint directed the merger of the International Time R (Add a comment) |  Sudan's Recovery Crippled by U.S. Sanctions Policy by Rene Wadlow
14 June 2020
Economic recovery from decades of stagnation and misuse of resources during the 30-year dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir is critical for Sudan's civilian-led transitional government. (Add a comment) |  Eternal Fixation: The Madeleine McCann Disappearance Show by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
14 June 2020
The "lost child" endures as motif and theme, the stalking shadow of much literature, the background to a society's anxiety. The child, often deemed innocent, becomes the ink blot of loss in such disappearance. (Add a comment) |  The fashion line's brief bible (or vague guidelines) by Joseph Gatt
14 June 2020
So you have a fashion line. Great! This probably means that you have a name and a reputation (or are trying to build one) and have designers and salesmen working with you. (Add a comment) |  Every blood donor is a hero by The Ovi Team
14 June 2020
On 14 June, countries worldwide celebrate World Blood Donor Day with events to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary unpaid blood donors... (Add a comment) |  Burl Ives by The Ovi Team
14 June 2020
June 14th; Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives, a prominent folk singer and Academy Award-winning actor, is born on this day in 1909 near Hunt City, Illinois. (Add a comment) |  Univac I by The Ovi Team
14 June 2020
June 14th 1951; Univac I was unveiled. It was a computer designed for the U.S. Census Bureau and billed as the world's first commercial computer. UNIVAC was, effectively, an updated version of ENIAC. (Add a comment) | | newer 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 older |
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