On January 20, 1870, Hiram R. Revels was elected by the Mississippi legislature to fill the Senate seat once held by Jefferson Davis, the former president of the Confederacy. Though Revels would not fill Davis’s seat, the symbolism of a black man’s admission to the Senate after the departure of…
Hit the Floor has been cancelled so there won’t be a fifth season. On April 27, 2017, the creators announced their decision to move Hit the Floor to BET to produce its future seasons. However, after the fourth installment, the series was officially cancelled by BET on December 7, 2018.…
The Hittites believed in life after death and thought that when they die they will protect there belongings and riches. Although the Hittites apparently believed in an afterlife, at least for their kings and queens, there is no evidence that they prayed or made sacrifices in order to obtain life…
North Vietnam’s president, Ho Chi Minh, dies of a heart attack in Hanoi at the age of 79. Ho was in failing health for some time. By the time of his death he had already ceded control of the country and the war to his successors. Spencer C. The Viet…
Hobbes believed in the divine right of kings. Hobbes uses the term Leviathan to refer to democratic government. Hobbes says that in a state of nature, life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Hobbes declares that under the law of nature, men need not perform their covenants. What did…
The other members of Home Free assure their fans that they are not breaking up. They will welcome a new member, Adam Chance, into the fold after Rupp performs his final show with the group on May 8 in St. Cloud, Minn. The other members of Home Free assure their…
Homer is zapped by animal handlers and implicitly raped by the zoo’s male panda, Ping-Ping. When Homer tries to escape, he ends up in the skunk exhibit and gets sprayed. What episode does Homer get raped by Panda? “Bad sign number two: a scene in which Homer gets raped by…
Heinz adopted a continuous flow system and assembly line techniques years before industrialists such as Henry Ford created a revolutionary blend of human labor and automation. Many of the first visitors to the site were engineers who traveled from around the world to see Heinz’s plant. The credit for the…
This hypothesis suggests that prehistoric humans painted, drew, engraved, or carved for strictly aesthetic reasons in order to represent beauty. However, all the parietal figures, during the 30,000 years that this practice lasted in Europe, do not have the same aesthetic quality. But until the discovery of the shell engraving,…
He attended Harvard University and studied a variety of subjects including navigation, seamanship, astronomy, mathematics and cartography. His third expedition was financed by the Dutch East India CompanyDutch East India CompanyThe Dutch East India Company, officially the United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC), was a multinational corporation…