A closer look at volcanic activity in Iceland 🌋 🇮🇸 #EarthCapture by @hemmihelgu . . . . #Volcano #Eruption #Iceland #ActiveVolcano | BBC Earth

11K views · 212 reactions | WATCH: A volcano erupted in southwestern Iceland near the capital Reykjavik on Friday, following thousands of small earthquakes in the area in recent weeks. | CBS News | Facebook

January 2, 1960: Senator John F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. He entered the race a little over 10 months before Election Day. He would go on to win his party's nomination in July of that year, and in November, be elected president in one of the closest elections in US history. Film: Universal Newsreel, IFP-83B in the JFK Library | JFK Library Foundation

On June 30, 1960, at the Palais de la Nation in Léopoldville, Patrice Émery Lumumba stood before Congolese citizens, Belgian officials, and the international press as the Congo marked the end of 75 years of Belgian colonial rule. The ceremony was carefully staged, but Lumumba’s words were not. After King Baudouin of Belgium delivered a speech praising Leopold II’s so-called “civilizing mission” and presenting independence as a generous gift, Lumumba rose with notes in hand and spoke directly to