In actual fact, Columbus did not discover North America. He was the first European to sight the Bahamas archipelago and then the island later named Hispaniola, now split into Haiti and the Dominican Republic. On his subsequent voyages he went farther south, to Central and South America. Although he’s best…
She never go any degrees because she never went to college. Chanel gained a career in fashion, make up and fragrances, she began her interest early when she was learning how to seam dresses in her school. Just about every fashion designer on the planet can name a few people…
Norman Cook recalled how getting Walken for the Weapon Of Choice video came about: “He said to Spike, ’I would love to get my dancing on film while I’m still young enough to do it’. So Spike went outside and phoned me and said ’Mr. Walken tap-dancing in the video’…
Porter wrote 300 songs while at Yale, including student songs such as the football fight songs “Bulldog” and “Bingo Eli Yale” (aka “Bingo, That’s The Lingo!”) that are still played at Yale. «Bulldog» is considered to be the Yale Fight Song, the one we play after touchdowns during a football…
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Ford flathead V8 (often called simply the Ford flathead, flathead Ford, or flatty when the context is implicit, such as in hot-rodding) is a V8 engine with a flat cylinder head designed by the Ford Motor Company and built by Ford and various licensees.…
Big blocks and the small-blocksmall-blockThe Chevrolet small-block engine is a series of gasoline-powered, V-8 automobile engines, produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors between 1954 and 2003, using the same basic engine block.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chevrolet_small-block_engin…Chevrolet small-block engine (first and second generation) – Wikipedia 400 were dropped from…
Churchill’s Sinking of the French Fleet (July 3, 1940) On June 13, 1940, Winston Churchill took one of several trips to France during Hitler’s Blitzkrieg. On June 13, 1940, Winston Churchill took one of several trips to France during Hitler’s Blitzkrieg. After convincing the French not to sign a separate…
Chewy, Inc. is an American online retailer of pet food and other pet-related products based in Dania Beach, Florida. In 2017, Chewy was acquired by PetSmart for $3.35 billion, which was the largest ever acquisition of an e-commerce business at the time. The company completed its initial public offering in…
They state that while Churchill was indeed aware that a major bombing raid would take place, no one knew what the target would be. Peter Calvocoressi was head of the Air Section at Bletchley Park, which translated and analysed all deciphered Luftwaffe messages. He wrote: “Ultra never mentioned Coventry. ……
The Great Chicago Fire caused widespread ruin, but it didn’t burn down the entire city, contrary to popular belief. 2. No, the Whole City Didn’t Burn Down In October 1871, dry weather and an abundance of wooden buildings, streets and sidewalks made Chicago vulnerable to fire. The Great Chicago Fire…