Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress best known for her portrayals of Lois Lane on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997); Paris Carver in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); and Susan Mayer on the television series…
Though Magellan didn’t complete the journey and isn’t rightfully called “the first person to circumnavigate the globe,” he was the first person to plan a successful expedition. Before his death, he also contributed to the “Age of Discovery” by finding a way to the Pacific Ocean from the west. Was…
All the interior scenes were shot at The London Studios, while exterior filming was at various locations in Ireland. Location work for Father Ted was done mostly in County Clare, including locations at Corofin, Ennis, Kilfenora, Ennistymon, and Kilnaboy. Where did they film Father Ted? Location work for Father Ted…
Hals is best known for his portraits, mainly of wealthy citizens, like Pieter van den Broecke and Isaac Massa, whom he painted three times. He also painted large group portraits, many of which showed civil guards. He was a Baroque painter who practiced an intimate realism with a radically free…
Charles was convicted of treason and executed on 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. Why was King Charles accused of treason? Charles was accused of treason against England by using his power to pursue his personal interest rather than the good of England. Was Charles 1 tried…
King James I of England, formerly James VI of Scotland, was a successful monarch in most aspects during his 23-year rule. Like most kings he had glaring shortcomings. These included a streak of laziness, uncouthness, spendthrift habits, and poor adaptation to English politics. James’s rule of Scotland was basically successful.…
How? Simon Bolivar is often called the George Washington of Venezuela — and of Bolivia, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador and Peru. Washington threw colonialists out of one country; Bolivar liberated six from Spanish rule. Was Simon Bolivar part of the Latin American revolution? What role did Simxf3n Bolxedvar play in the…
Odette is a 1950 British war film based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French agent, Odette Sansom, living in England, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. Odette was a courier for the SPINDLE…
After a mixed record as a high-school level student, Newton proved himself dreadful at farming and overseeing his family’s affairs, though he may have failed intentionally so that he wouldn’t have to carry that responsibility [source: The Newton Project]. Was Newton a poor student? Newton’s mother wanted him to be…
The first amniotes, referred to as “basal amniotes”, resembled small lizards and evolved from the amphibian reptiliomorphs about 312 million years ago, in the Carboniferous geologic period. Amniotes spread around Earth’s land and became the dominant land vertebrates. What was the first amniote? The first amniotes, referred to as “basal…