Why did Alex leave ’Barnwood Builders? ’ The former reality star decided to leave the popular DIY series so he could focus on expanding his own business. On the show, Mark stated that he had been having conversations with Alex for quite some time about his next steps. Why did…
Men who served in World War II do not have to sign up. 1951 – The Universal Military Training and Service Act is passed, requiring males between 18 and 26 to register. 1952 – Congress enacts the Reserve Forces Act, compelling every man who is drafted or enlisted to an…
May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.” Adams retired to his farm in Quincy. Here he penned his elaborate letters to Thomas Jefferson. Here on July 4, 1826, he whispered his last words: “Thomas Jefferson survives.” But Jefferson had died at Monticello a few hours…
Alex Wagner found a new joy in her personal life when she was pregnant with her first baby in 2017. Finally, on 21 July 2017, the pair welcomed their new-born son, Cy Mindon Kass, who was as small as 7lbs. She is a married woman and has two children. Alex…
The research shows that nearly all American-made music genres come from black gospel and the blues. The blues, which is a combination of early black spirituals, plantation songs, and folk music, is a very flexible genre. The History of African American Music. From the lyrical cries of black street vendors…
On May 9, 1926 Commander Richard Byrd announced that he had been the first to fly over the North Pole in his Fokker tri-motor airplane, the Josephine Ford. Byrd submitted his navigational records to the U.S. Navy and a committee of the National Geographic Society, who verified his claim. Cold…
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh but spent much of his life in Canada. Photograph: AP Descendants of Alexander Graham Bell have accused a Canadian tax adjudicator of bias after he questioned, during a dispute over a hefty property tax assessment, the legitimacy of Bell’s claim to have invented…
After asbestos was mostly banned in 1978, popcorn ceilings were made with paper fiber. However, suppliers were allowed to legally sell their existing inventory of asbestos-containing products. Because of this, popcorn ceilings were installed in homes into the mid-1980s. Years Asbestos Was Used in Popcorn Ceilings Asbestos was regularly used…
In 1911 he was made Benjamin Hall Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge, where he taught until a few days before his death. He refused all the honours and awards offered him, including six honorary degrees from British universities and (in 1929) the Order of Merit. A. E. Housman. Alfred…
“There are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair.” (Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson)” What did Alexander Hamilton say to Thomas Jefferson about hitting him with a chair? “There…