Concord, New Hampshire, U.S. Pierce was born in New Hampshire. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1833, before being elected to the Senate where he served from March 1837 until his resignation in 1842. His private law practice was a success, and he was appointed New Hampshire’s…
Hawkeye officially opened in 1966 and became a comprehensive community college with the addition of arts and sciences to the curriculum in 1992. The name was officially changed from Hawkeye Institute of Technology to Hawkeye Community College in July 1993. ### Is Hawkeye Community College accredited? Hawkeye Community College is…
Earl “The Goat” Manigault, 53, who has been called the greatest player never to make the National Basketball Association and whose life was made into a 1996 HBO movie, died May 15 at a hospital here after a heart attack. ### Where is Earl Manigault still alive? Death. Manigault died…
The killer whale, whose real name was Keiko, died in December 2003, at about 26 years old. Despite efforts to integrate him with wild killer whales in Iceland towards the end of his life, he proved unable to interact with them or find food. ’Free Willy’ Whale Dies December 13,…
In 1888, Keller again journeyed north to visit Bell, and this time also met with President Grover Cleveland. (She would go on to meet every subsequent president through Lyndon B. Hellen Keller, who became blind and deaf at 18 months, met Alexander Graham Bell when she was a child and…
Longshanks is officially called Edward I, but he originally planned for a different name. Even though he was the first Edward since the practice of numbering English kings began, Longshanks wanted to be called Edward IV, a nod to the Anglo-Saxon kings who had ruled before him. Edward I ’Longshanks’,…
As of the end of June 2020, there were 987 Woolworths supermarkets and 64 Woolworths Metro convenience stores. When did Woolworths close? Woolworths fell into administration in 2008, and all 800 of the retailer’s stores closed in January the following year. The retailer, famous for its sweet pick-n-mix selection, was…
By 1536, Henry had broken with Rome, seized assets of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and declared the Church of England as the established church with himself as its head. ### Why was the Church of England created quizlet? The Church of England was formed when Henry VIII…
In deference to the growing nationalism and at the suggestion of the High Commissioner, Lord Allenby, the UK unilaterally declared Egyptian independence on 28 February 1922, abolishing the protectorate and establishing an independent Kingdom of Egypt. Sarwat Pasha became prime minister. Therefore, the first Egyptian revolution happened hence their independence…
Galton invented the term eugenics in 1883 and set down many of his observations and conclusions in a book, Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development. Not only was Sir Francis Galton a famous geographer and statistician, he also invented “eugenics” in 1883. Eugenics, defined as the science of improving…