Was Eli Whitney the only inventor of the cotton gin? This question has long puzzled historians and engineers, as a gin is a major machine in the manufacturing industry. However, the invention of the cotton gin helped revolutionize the industry and brought much needed cash to the farmers of the…
Did you ever wonder: Was Ethel Waters married? The answer to that question is a resounding “yes.” Ethel Waters was married at least once, in 1926. During her early career, she worked in Harlem nightclubs. Her first Broadway show was “Hello 1919!” She also toured with vaudeville acts and musicals,…
Although many people may not know about it, Michael Jordan actually played point guard. The height standard for a point guard player at that time was around 6’1. The height of Michael Jordan is 6’6. With such a height, many people will wonder how he can play in that position.…
The colony – which was the personal property of the monarch – became known as the Congo Free State. And although all the European colonial powers decimated the areas of the African continent they had control over, the genocide carried out in King Leopold’s name is usually pointed to as…
Founded is the past tense of the verb found. Found as verb also refers to establish something, basing something on an idea, feeling, basis. In this sense its past tense and past participle are founded and founded; and founds is the 3rd person present and founding is the present participle.…
For a year and a half, Takei, along with his parents and two siblings, were incarcerated at Rohwer — the easternmost of 10 internment camps in the United States, where an executive order under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt uprooted 120,000 people of Japanese descent, many of whom were Japanese Americans,…
Gerald Levert was never married, however, he had two boys, LeMicah and Camryn, and one daughter, Carlysia. Levert was cremated and his ashes were kept with family members. Kandi Burruss Dated Gerald Levert Back In the Day and Fans Are Freaking Out. After discussing the love life of co-star Porsha…
The Roman Republic describes the period in which the city-state of Rome existed as a republican government (from 509 B.C. to 27 B.C.), one of the earliest examples of representative democracy in the world. The final defeat of Mark Antony alongside his ally and lover Cleopatra at the Battle of…
The term “Manifest Destiny” was, in part, an expression of a genuine ideal on the part of Americans. But it was also a justification, in that they wanted territory and needed an excuse or justification for a push into territory that they did not control. Albert Gallatin opposed “Manifest Destiny”…
In the network’s commitment to get out of the “sitcom business,” the CW has cancelled Everybody Hates Chris. There won’t be a fifth season but luckily series creator Chris Rock beat them to the punch. In the network’s commitment to get out of the “sitcom business,” the CW has cancelled…