Afghanistan. Votes are cast in afghanistan. Well watch it in the weeks ahead. Two decades ago humanity showed its worst nearly a Million People were butchered in rwanda. Cut down by machetes as a country turned on itself. Vigils and memories to honour all that was lost. A frame of remembrance is travelling over the country. 20 years ago today a plane with the president in it was shot down. Im here to ask god to keep me well, thank him and to ask that the genocide never happens again. There has been services across the country. People gatored at a church. Members of the ruling hutu group, tutsis and moderates. People have been divided after belgium colonized rwanda in 1916. It introduced identity carts. The minority tutees being an elight over tutsis. 20,000 tutsis were killed in riots. In 1994 the president s plane was shot down, setting off the 100 days of violence. Many girls were raped and some made painful choices whether to keep the children. They are still trying to make sense of
Dec. 26 1908 Jack Johnson becomes the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, with a 14th-round knockout of Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. 1917 Toronto’s Harry Cameron becomes the first defenseman to score four goals in a game as the Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 7-5.
Dec. 26 1908 Jack Johnson becomes the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, with a 14th-round knockout of Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. 1917 Toronto’s Harry Cameron becomes the first defenseman to score four goals in a game as the Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 7-5.
Dec. 24 1950 Cleveland’s Otto Graham throws four touchdown passes, despite icy footing in Municipal Stadium, and Lou Groza kicks a 16-yard field goal with 28 seconds left to give the Browns a 30-28 victory over the Los Angeles Rams and the NFL title in their first year in the league.