From 1649 to 1660, England was therefore a republic during a period known as the Interregnum (’between reigns’). A series of political experiments followed, as the country’s rulers tried to redefine and establish a workable constitution without a monarchy. The countries that now make up the United Kingdom, together with…
George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn in New York City on Sept. 26, 1898, the son of Rose and Morris Gershovitz, immigrants from Russia. After settling in New York’s Lower East Side, his father changed the family name to Gershvin; when George entered the professional world of music, he altered…
He was the drummer for Nirvana from 1990 to 1994. Warren, Ohio, U.S. At 17, Grohl joined the punk rock band Scream after the departure of their drummer Kent Stax. Grohl became the drummer for Nirvana after Scream broke up in 1990. Dave Grohl joined Nirvana in 1990, after the…
The first electric lights were developed in the late 1870s by different people across the world. In Britain, Joseph Swan led the charge. He installed his lights at Cragside House in Northumberland in 1878. A year later Mosley Street in Newcastle was the first in the world to have electric…
On this day in 1923, George Washington Carver won the NAACP Spingarn Medal for his research in agricultural chemistry. At the time Carver was the Head of Tuskegee Institute’s Department of Research and the Experiment Station. The Spingarn Medal was created in 1914 by the late J.E. The Spingarn Medal…
Around 400 B.C.E., the Greek philosopher Democritus introduced the idea of the atom as the basic building block matter. Democritus thought that atoms are tiny, uncuttable, solid particles that are surrounded by empty space and constantly moving at random. ### How did Democritus discover the atom theory? Democritus knew that…
Between 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe, establishing colonies and spreading their influence across every inhabited continent. Between 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe, establishing colonies and spreading their influence across every inhabited continent. “Philip Hoffman upends the traditional story of why…
Elgin Baylor Lumpkin (born October 15, 1970), better known by his stage name Ginuwine, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. He began his career as a member of Swing Mob in the early 1990s. “Tell Me Do U Wanna”. (1997) “Pony” is the debut single of American…
Zwide kaLanga (1758–1825) was the king of the Ndwandwe (Nxumalo) nation from about 1805 to around 1820. He was the son of Langa KaXaba, a Nxumalo king. Legend has it that Zwide’s mother, Queen Ntombazi, was a sangoma. And she infamously collected skulls of kings conquered by Zwide because it…
Packers trade QB Brett Favre to New York Jets for a conditional pick in 2009 draft. After retiring in March 2008 following an NFC Championship Game loss to the New York Giants to end his 16th season in Green Bay, Brett Favre returned to Green Bay during training camp, claiming…