Emerging from obscurity: 2019's unforeseen history-makers

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8 history-makers in politics, climate and humanitarian activism, music, and astronomy who were unknown in 2018.

THE BRAVES. This file photo taken on August 5, 2019 shows a protester throwing a brick back at the police after they fired tear gas in Wong Tai Sin during a general strike in Hong Kong, as simultaneous rallies were held across7 districts. Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP

It was a finely written, nine-page memo describing specific Trump actions, and while it was based on secondary sources – his colleagues in the intelligence and diplomatic communities – fiBy sending his complaint to the inspector general for the US intelligence community, The Whistleblower set in motion a series of reviews and then news articles that quickly snowballed into the House impeachment probe that may see Trump put on trial in the Senate in the new year.

Following her ethos of avoiding air travel, she crossed the Atlantic on a zero-emission sailboat to attend a UN climate summit in New York in September. But no one can deny that the passionate climate activist's struggle has helped put climate change back at the top of the agenda. The typical frontline protester is university educated and under 30. Arrest and injury figures suggest around a third of those who have taken to the streets are women.

Close to 6,000 protesters have been arrested with nearly 1,000 charged. But the crowds keep coming and there is little sign the movement's more moderate supporters are going to abandon frontliners they have dubbed"the braves". On January 23, a few days after taking the helm as speaker of parliament, the only state institution controlled by the opposition, Guaido proclaimed himself acting president, declaring Maduro's re-election illegitimate.

On April 30, a military uprising won support of only a handful of officers and was quickly subdued by the government. Saleh, 22, was propelled to internet fame after a photograph of her with one hand raised in the air singing and cheering along with crowds of protesters went viral, earning her the moniker of"Kandaka", or Nubian queen.

She told the UNSC that even wearing trousers or meeting male friends took courage as it was criminalized under the former regime. The dreadlocked Rackete, 31, was skipper of the Sea-Watch 3, one of several ships used by international charities to aid migrants attempting the perilous sea journey from North Africa to Europe on rickety boats.

 

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Severn Cullis-Suzuki's speech to the UN in 1992 on climate change sounds an awful lot like Greta Thunberg's in 2019.

Two in your list are actually hacks. Dig deeper into their backgrounds and you'll see what I mean. Another one is obviously a case example of supporting illegal immigration.

Juan Guaido a history maker? For what? Top 10 failed US coups in Latin America?

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