The gladiator training regime was rigorous. Gladiators that carried lighter armor had to learn different techniques than those who wore heavy armor. In the beginning gladiators were trained in various fighting styles, and later they would exercise their strength and perfect their technique. Gladiators, particularly those like Maximus, had contracts.…
“So seditious, so prostitute a character,” Hamilton said of Jefferson. “A man whose history … is a tissue of machinations against the liberty of the country,” Jefferson wrote of his rival in a 1792 letter to their mutual boss. There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature…
Tomy Brady, the last active Montreal Expos draft pick has finally retired. Known by many as the greatest quarterback of all time, Tom Brady has finally decided to hang up his cleats after 22 illustrious seasons. Tom Brady’s retirement appears to officially close the book on a historic MLB franchise.…
That year Jackson also received a Master of Divinity degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary. Where did Jesse Jackson graduate college from what degree did he earn? In 2000 President Clinton awarded Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That same year, he received a Master of Divinity degree from the…
Ramirez never expressed any remorse for his crimes. He died on June 7, 2013, of complications from B-cell lymphoma while awaiting execution on California’s death row. Ramirez ended up getting his teeth fixed after his conviction. As he awaited his trial, Dr. Alfred Otero – a dentist working with the…
Despite Bankruptcy, Forever 21 Will Live On After New Owners Step In : NPR. Despite Bankruptcy, Forever 21 Will Live On After New Owners Step In Three companies have announced that they are acquiring the retailer aimed at teens and young people, and plan to continue to operate its U.S.…
On January 13, 2015, it was announced that the show was officially canceled, and the final three episodes of the series would air starting on January 31 and ending on February 7, 2015, with a two-hour finale. Red Band Society: FOX, ABC Studios Tried to Save Cancelled Series. FOX has…
In 2017, the septuplets became aunts and uncles when Mikayla gave birth to a son after getting married in 2015. Natalie was the first of the septuplets to get married, in May 2019. Brandon also got married in August 2019. Patricia Frustaci, a teacher who gave birth in 1985 to…
Under rationing conditions, families were allowed one pound of coffee every five weeks. However, coffee was rationed for less than a year, released from the list in July 1943. Read all of our blog posts related to rationing. On July 28, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt—who had patriotically switched his…
The Egyptians made linen from the fibers of the flax plant. Workers would spin the fibers into thread that would then be woven into linen fabric using looms. The earliest linen artifacts in Europe date back to around 4000 BCE in Swiss lake finds. It was the Babylonians who first…