Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor working in Vienna General Hospital, is known as the father of hand hygiene. Yet it wasn’t until the mid-19th century that some doctors in the United States and Europe began to wash their hands before examining patients—and even then, only in certain cases. An early…
The Union victory at the Battle of Vicksburg was ultimately of great significance towards the overall war effort. With the capture of Vicksburg and subsequent capture of Port Harbor five days later, the Union finally controlled the entirety of the Mississippi River. Location. Vicksburg,Mississippi. Dates Generals Soldiers Engaged Important Events&Figures…
African Americans have appeared on television as long as the medium has been around. In fact, the first Black person on TV may have been Broadway star Ethel Waters, who hosted a one-off variety show on NBC on June 14, 1939, when television was still being developed. Winfrey is the…
A main event in the Age of Discovery took place when Spain (with the sponsor and crew of the Crown of Castile) made the transatlantic voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas between 1492 and 1504, which saw the colonization of the Americas, a related biological exchange, and the trans-Atlantic…
Between 1519 and 1521 Hernán Cortés and a small band of men brought down the Aztec empire in Mexico, and between 1532 and 1533 Francisco Pizarro and his followers toppled the Inca empire in Peru. These conquests laid the foundations for colonial regimes that would transform the Americas. Hernán Cortés:…
James Curtis Owens (July 9, 1951 – May 26, 2016) was a pioneering American football player and coach. He was the first African American player in the history of the Auburn Tigers football team, playing as a running back from 1969 to 1972. Thom Gossom remembers that spring day in…
After Janszoon many Dutch explorers sailed along the northern, western and southern coastline. James Cook was the first recorded explorer to land on the east coast in 1770. He had with him maps showing the north, west and south coasts based on the earlier Dutch exploration. The European exploration of…
DSM stands for Diamond-Star Motors, which was a joint venture between Chrysler and Mitsubishi founded in 1985. The venture was responsible for manufacturing three cars collectively: the Mitsubishi Eclipse, Eagle Talon, and Plymouth Laser. The Eagle Talon was a compact sports car produced by the short-lived Eagle marque between 1990-1998.…
Johnson died in 1946, after angrily speeding away from a diner in North Carolina that either refused to serve black people or tried to force him to sit outside. His car struck a light pole, and he was sent to the nearest hospital that would treat black patients, more than…
Shu, in Egyptian religion, god of the air and supporter of the sky, created by Atum by his own power, without the aid of a woman. Various Forms Of Seth. Seth was the personification of drought,and as Lord of the Desert,he was the enemy of all that bore life. The…