Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi. On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River, one of the first European explorers to ever do so. “Burial of DeSoto” – Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto died of a fever while searching…
Instead of ending the first half of a season (as was originally intended), the strike forced Heroes to retool season 2’s 11th episode as a season finale. Heroes never recovered fully after the second season. It would never again see the kind of ratings it enjoyed in season 1. By…
After four seasons, HBO ’s pot-themed comedy series High Maintenance has come to an end, Deadline has confirmed. “Co-creators Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair have decided to take a break from producing High Maintenance to pursue other projects,” HBO said in a statement. After four seasons, HBO ’s pot-themed comedy…
A Moveable Feast, an entertaining memoir of his years in Paris (1921–26) before he was famous, was issued in 1964. Who wrote Hemingway’s biography? In 1951, Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea, which would become perhaps his most famous book, finally winning him the Pulitzer Prize he had…
Henri Matisse was a french painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. He was also the co-founder of the Fauvism art style, and one of the most influential painters of the 20th century. Fauvism is a way of painting which is very expressive, and uses non-realistic color schemes to depict natural scenes.…
Henri Nestlé 1868 102HENRI NESTLÉ 1814–1890 The “seal of approval” Whereas virtually all competing products invoked the distinguished chemist Justus von Liebig, Nestlé’s goal was to establish his own name as a brand. Nestlé and Anna Clémentine Thérèse Ehemant were married in Frankfurt, Germany on 23 May 1860. Nestlé sold…
Unfortunately, Brown was never reunited with his wife and children. He remarried in England in 1855 and he and his new wife, Jane Floyd, started a family together. Slavery cost him his family. That’s when Henry ’Box’ Brown mailed himself from Virginia to freedom. Slavery cost him his family. That’s…
Henry Dunant. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Henry Dunant (born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 – 30 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss businessman and social activist, the founder of the Red Cross, and the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. The 1864 Geneva…
Cadillac was formed from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company. After a dispute between Henry Ford and his investors, Ford left the company along with several of his key partners in March 1902. The company, much like the Detroit Automobile Company, was plagued by disputes between Ford and his…
father: Henry Herdson Hudson II. mother: Barbara Alderman. siblings: Christopher Hudson, Edward Hudson, John Hudson, Thomas Hudson. children: John Hudson, Oliver Hudson, Richard Hudson Three months after returning home, Hudson was ready to sail again, this time looking for a northeast passage. He was employed by the Muscovy Company again.…