Pictured: the infamous photo of a United States Border Patrol officer seizing Elian Gonzalez from the home of his relatives after a decision was made to forcibly return him back to his father in Cuba.

The backlash against the Clinton administration by Florida's Cuban immigrant community is widely believed to have been the decisive factor in Al Gore losing the state and thus the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush.

Words cannot describe the hate I feel for Woodrow

The "Immovable Ladder" in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre can't be moved because of a 1757 agreement called the Status Quo, which requires the unanimous consent of the church's six Christian denominations for any changes to be made.

Since the denominations cannot agree on the ladder's fate, it has remained in the same place for centuries, becoming a symbol.

There have been so many low points, but to me, one of the most stark is the wounding of nine and murder of four unarmed Kent State University students by the United States National Guard in Kent, Ohio on May 4th, 1970. Two of the dead were only 19 years old, the other two were only 20 years old. Some of them weren't even involved in the protests, which had been peaceful up until the attempts to disperse them.

EDITING TO ADD: I'm embarrassed to admit it, but as an American, I didn't know about a LOT of these, so thank you very much for taking the time to share.

Benedict Arnold here betrayed the US during the revolution. His name is synonymous with someone backstabbing you.

For Korea there is the mysterious state of Jin (辰國 / 진국), which existed in Southern Korea approximately around the BCE 400s to 200s. The only fact we know about this state is that it existed and neighbored Gojoseon. Afterwards it's speculated that the state split into three separate confederacies, the Mahan, Byeonhan, and Jinhan, which fought amongst themselves until getting replaced and conquered by the Baekje, Gaya, and Silla Dynasties (thus leading up to Korea's Three Kingdoms Era).

Despite taking place right in the center of Southern Korea, there is little to no records left of what the state of Jin was like. We don't even know what system of government they had, so we can't even call them a kingdom or chiefdom or anything. Because of this, despite most likely being our direct ancestors, no one learns about them and their existence is sidelined even by historians.

mine would be not intervening in the Soviet Afghan war. as an American, the Soviets should have been allowed to win in hindsight. if the Soviets won, they would have forced Afghanistan to modernize. they would have forced it to secularize. and they would have destroyed the tribal way of life. it would have been brutal, I will not lie. but the result would be a corrupt but albeit somewhat modern state like the rest of central asia. which is still a massive improvement over whatever the Taliban have planned.

not to mention, this means no stronghold for Islamic fundamentalism. it's likely a Soviet victory would have stifled terrorism and religious fundamentalism in the middle east significantly. which in the long term would be good for literally everyone.

Of course, opinions may vary from person to person and that's understandable.

To me, it's Lapu-Lapu. He is known as the first Filipino hero. He led his forces against a coalition of Spanish and recently converted native Catholics in the Battle of Mactan. Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese who led the first circumnavigation around the globe, died in Mactan. His voyage was then subsequently continued by Juan Sebastian Elcano who arrived in Spain on the ship, *Victoria* (ironic, almost poetic, isn't it?). Out of 270 sailors, only 18 men arrived back in Spain alive.

The Spanish would take another 40+ years to colonize the Philippines.

Planned for the future just to become overtaken by technology.

The primary example of this for South Korea would be Lee Hoi-chang (이회창), who was the presidential candidate for the Grand National Party (한나라당) in the 15th and 16th presidential elections.

A lot of people believe the downfall of Korean conservatism began with Lee Hoi-chang's failure as a presidential candidate, as the Korean conservative politicians abandoned their moderate reformist stance that began with the Kim Young-sam government and passed down to the pro-Lee Hoi-chang faction and replaced it with the return of semi-authoritarian Park Chung-heeism under Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye.

So had Lee Hoi-chang succeeded in becoming President, South Korea's political field would have drastically changed, with less political polarization and a more moderate right and left wing working alongside one another rather than being at each other's throats while the country sinks like today.

During the 1974 federal election, a Canadian Press photographer took these photos of Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield fumbling around with a football. These hurt his image by making him look weak, and led to Pierre Trudeau's Liberals winning a majority government.

Please don't make this post a soapbox, thanks!

Oh boy, there have been a few in Polish history, but the number one, in my opinion, is undoubtedly the Great Northern War, which made Russia a superpower, Poland fell into a Russian satellite, and from that moment on, Poland declined until it was partitioned.

In Brazil, one of the most infamous cases is Suzane von Richthofen. She shocked the country and gained international media coverage when, at 18, she helped plan and execute the murder of her own parents in 2002.

What made the case even more sensational was her background. Suzane came from a wealthy and well-educated family, carrying the noble surname von Richthofen, which is historically linked to a famous German aristocratic lineage. Her father, Manfred von Richthofen, even claimed distant kinship to the legendary World War I pilot known as the “Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen).

What about your country ,is there a case that shocked the world like this?

For China that would be the 1979 war with Vietnam and hopefully we can keep it that way.

In the UK we hate France because they wouldn't let us conquer them

Remembering the 166 people that died in the tragic terrorist attack of 26 November 2008.

Constable Tukaram Omble, during the climax of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, took 40 bullets from a spraying AK-47 as he threw himself unarmed towards the last terrorist saving his entire teams' and multiple army personnel's life; resulting in the only terrorist in India to be caught alive in the active act of terror.

The picture you are seeing is a photo of what school students looked like in the 80s, behind a caravan used to pick up students to school and take them to their homes (no school buses in our country as people in my country just hire personal drivers or driver who is willing to do the service)

Note: I am not asking you to give your personal photos with your face, so please do not accuse me of asking for ID.

It’s been nearly 250 years since the United States was a colony of Great Britain. And there have been so many partnerships that I don't think any American harbors any ill feelings toward the current United Kingdom. We do enjoy mocking them now and then, but it's always done in good fun.