Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and engineer who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Great Depression. During this time, Hoover…
Notable friends and influencers: Shortly after coming back to New York, he befriended fellow artist Robert Rauschenberg, choreographer Merce Cunningham, and composer John Cage, who, aside from becoming his friends, also became powerful influences to his artistic development. Born in Augusta, Georgia, and raised in Allendale, South Carolina, Jasper Johns…
The succession to Muhammad is the central issue that split the Muslim community into several divisions in the first century of Islamic history, with the most prominent among these sects being the Shia and Sunni branches of Islam. Sunni Islam maintains that Abu Bakr was the legitimate successor to Muhammad…
Timmons has children by his first wife and he has spoken about the challenge of explaining the Men of the Strip show to them. ^ Mandell, Nina (April 15, 2011). “Former 98 Degrees’ bandmate Jeff Timmons to join cast of Chippendales – but will he strip?”. Timmons met his wife,…
As Rutherford wrote his mother, they had “the time of their lives” in Stockholm. Their house, in a largely Jewish suburb of Manchester, was a two-mile tram ride from his lab at the university. The house was large enough that his friends Otto Hahn and Bertram Boltwood stayed with them…
Heinrich Himmler became the second-in-command of Nazi Germany following Göring’s downfall after the repeated losses of the Luftwaffe which the Reichsmarshall commanded, as Supreme Commander of the Home Army and Reichsführer-SS. As commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), Himmler also held overall command of the Gestapo. Who was Hitler’s top general?…
Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) was a German army officer who rose to the rank of field marshal and earned fame at home and abroad for his leadership of Germany’s Afrika Korps in North Africa during World War II. Nicknamed “the Desert Fox,” Rommel also commanded German defenses against the Allied invasionAllied…
King Arthur’s rule is threatened by the adulterous love between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a relationship the king’s enemies hope to exploit. King Arthur establishes the greatest reign England has ever seen, and along for the ride are his indispensable Knights of the Round Table, particularly Sir Lancelot. Sir…
At the very start, and at the very end after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, the French were excluded, but as they took full responsibility for the Final Act of Vienna and the negotiation process leading up to this closure, the Act was carried by all five major European powers. Talleyrand…
The Celebrity Big Brother 2022 cast consisted of Cynthia Bailey, Todd Bridges, Todrick Hall, Chris Kattan, Chris Kirkpatrick, Carson Kressley, Teddi Mellencamp, Shanna MoaklerShanna MoaklerEarly life As a child, Moakler enjoyed weekend visits to her grandfather’s farm, where she could “play outdoors and be a tomboy.” Moakler was a competitive…