Latvia elects the first openly gay head of state in Europe
The country’s parliament has elected Edgars Rinkēvičs to be its next president. Rinkēvičs publicly came out as gay in November 2014.
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Corded Ware culture spreads across Europe, carrying Indo-European languages
Corded Ware culture swept across northern Europe around 2750 B.C.E., linking communities from the Rhine to the Volga through shared pottery, boat-shaped stone axes, and single burials under earthen mounds. Ancient DNA ties these people to pastoralists from the Pontic-Caspian steppe, and many scholars see them as a key vector for the spread of Indo-European languages.