She was the daughter of King Thutmose I, Hatshepsut ultimately became Queen of Egypt when she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, at 12 years of age. Upon his death, she began acting as regent for her stepson, the infant Thutmose III, but later took on the full powers of a pharaoh, becoming co-ruler of Egypt around 1473 B.C.

Hatshepsut was only the third woman to become pharaoh in 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian history, and the first one with full power of the position. Cleopatra, who also exercised such power, would rule some 14 centuries later.

The political climate of the world has changed since those "COLD WAR" days. Back in the 1960's, when JFK was President he gathered his national security team as the world was on the verge of nuclear war during The Cuban Missile Crisis. This weekend US President Obama and Cuban Dictator Raul Castro are expected to meet, making this a historic moment, following a decades long embargo, as well as a number of attacks.

CNN: History of the U.S. and Cuba in two minutes http://cnn.it/1sWGOoh

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