Nevertheless, Magellan—who in 1517 had married Beatriz Barbosa, daughter of an important official in Sevilla—said farewell to his wife and infant son, Rodrigo, before his ships left Sanlúcar de Barrameda on September 20, 1519. Was Ferdinand Magellan married? The ship that Magellan commanded was the Trinidad.The total distance traveled by…
President Ford’s major accomplishments include: 1. Cutting inflation by more than half. The inflation rate was going up at 12.2 percent a year when President Ford took office. Ford’s approach to controlling inflation, according to his White House biography, was through modest tax cuts and spending restraints. He also sought…
to prove Fermat’s Little Theorem well before Euler published his proof in 1736. 2. New Proof of Fermat’s Little Theorem The proof that follows relies on Taylor’s theorem (or the binomial theorem). Theorem 2.1. The expression (2.2) ap 1 1 is divisible by p, where p is a prime and…
A few times every year, Hollywood makes a mistake, violates formula and actually makes a great picture. Falling Down is one of the great mistakes of 1993, a film too good and too original to win any Oscars but one bound to be remembered in years to come as a…
Fibonacci (as we’ll carry on calling him) spent his childhood in North Africa where his father was a customs officer. He was educated by the Moors and travelled widely in Barbary (Algeria), and was later sent on business trips to Egypt, Syria, Greece, Sicily and Provence. Leonardo Fibonacci was born…
The King credits Henry V’s longtime friend Sir John Falstaff with devising a plan to lure the French into a muddy field and shoot them from afar with archers. In reality, Falstaff never existed — Shakespeare made him up as a foil for the king. Sir John Falstaff is a…
The Cuban Revolution (Spanish: Revolución Cubana) was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro and his fellow revolutionaries of the 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio BatistaFulgencio BatistaFulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (/bəˈtiːstə/; Spanish: [fulˈxensjo βaˈtista i salˈdiβaɾ]; born Rubén Zaldívar, January…
Again, they were seeking to maintain high stock prices in a very competitive housing market. As government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie and Freddie took on more risk than they should have. They didn’t protect the taxpayers who ultimately had to absorb their losses. But they didn’t cause the housing downturn. His research…
The film was the most awarded at the 36th Golden Raspberry Awards, winning five of six nominations, including Worst Picture (tied with Fantastic Four) and both leading roles. How much was Dakota Johnson paid for Fifty Shades? Despite all the hype surrounding the first film, Dakota reportedly took home $250,000…
On June 22, the singer announced the happy news that Keziah could go home by sharing a sweet photo on Instagram of her baby girl dressed in a white romper with matching booties. At first we were trying to figure out if the baby belonged to Fantasia’s daughter, but quickly…