Unlike his favorite composer, Mozart, Tchaikovsky was no child prodigy. Even though his house was filled with music growing up, and he took piano lessons from the age of five, he only started his music studies in earnest at the age of 21, following a short career in the Ministry…
In 1923 Pancho Villa was assassinated amid a barrage of gunfire while traveling home in his car from a visit to Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pancho Villa is a 1972 American, British and Spanish spaghetti western film directed by Eugenio Martín. The film features Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors and…
By 1968, Robertson had played his final down, and he instead devoted his time to hunting and obtaining his bachelor’s degree in physical education. In a 2013 interview with Sports Illustrated, Robertson said he spurned interest from the franchise now known as the Washington Commanders. But he (Bradshaw) turned out…
Pandora was the first female created by the Greek gods. Zeus, the king of the gods, commissioned the blacksmith Hephaestus to create a female human form out of earth and water and make her look as beautiful as the gods. All the Olympian gods contributed to the creation of their…
He served as king of the Spaniards from 1556 to 1598 and as king of the Portuguese (as Philip I) from 1580 to 1598. The Spanish empire under Philip prospered: it attained its greatest power, extent, and influence. Philip was the self-proclaimed protector of the Roman Catholic Church. Philip II…
– Venezuela actually in the (non) Gulf of Mexico. … – Colombia less then 30 km away. … – A land-border with French Guyana – which is actually part of France! … – An absolutely yuge land border with Africa (all the way from Morocco , Mauritania, Senegal, The Ga…
The Nineteenth Century: The Invention of Photography. In 1839 a new means of visual representation was announced to a startled world: photography. The First Permanent Images. Photography, as we know it today, began in the late 1830s in France. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce used a portable camera obscura to expose a…
The next part of the story becomes murky. Some believe that Paris, the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, kidnapped her. However, Greek legend asserts that the war between Sparta and Troy really started when the goddess of strife, Eris, offered a golden apple as a prize…
She later married John Y. Brown Jr., who built the Kentucky Fried Chicken empire and was elected governor of Kentucky in 1979. George served as Kentucky’s first lady for four years, and they had two children. George died on May 14 at the age of 70. No, Phyllis George was…
Consider Patrick Henry, my favorite personality from among the founders. A Virginia attorney and eloquent orator, Henry helped motivate the move toward independence with his inspirational speeches. Henry was a follower of Christ and a man of faith. Patrick Henry was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States…