Lit Circle #1: Historian

This is Patrice Émery Lumumba. He lived from 2 July 1925 till 17 January 1961 and was an African anti-colonial leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after he helped to win its independence from Belgium in June 1960. After ten weeks, Lumumba's government was thrown out in a rebellion during the Congo Crisis. Lumumba was then imprisoned and after assassinated under controversial circumstances. Patrice Lumumba continues to serve as a significant inspirational figure in the Congo as well as throughout Africa. (From Wikipedia)

Leopold II, King of the Belgians lived from April 9, 1835 to December 17, 1909 and succeeded his father, Leopold I of Belgium, to the Belgian throne in 1865 and remained king he died. Outside of Belgium, he is chiefly remembered as the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private project undertaken by the King to extract rubber and ivory, which relied on forced labor. (From Wikipedia)

Baudouin I of the Belgians lived from 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993 and reigned as King of the Belgians from 1951 to 1993. He was the eldest son of King Leopold III (1901-1983) and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden (1905-1935). (From Wikipedia)

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev lived from April 17, 1894–September 11, 1971 and was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. He was removed from power by his party colleagues in 1964 and replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. He spent the last seven years of his life under the close supervision of the KGB. (From Wikipedia)

Dwight David Eisenhower lived from October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969 and was an American soldier and politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953-1961). During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45. In 1951 he became the first supreme commander of NATO. As a Republican, he was elected the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961), serving for two terms. As President he ended the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, made nuclear weapons a higher defense priority, launched the space race, enlarged the Social Security program, and began the Interstate Highway System.(Wikipedia)

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