Manu founded the city of Ayodhya on the banks of Sarayu River around 13800 BCE during the early Vedic era. Rigveda (10.64 & 4.30.18) refers to Sarayu River. Ayodhya is dotted with a fascinating history which is said to be associated with the legendary king Lord Rama. In earlier times,…
The first known female firefighter Molly Williams took her place with the men on the drag ropes during the blizzard of 1818 and pulled the fire water pump to the fire through the deep snow. The United States did not have government run fire departments until around the time of…
John Winthrop, often known as “John Winthrop, Junior” or “the Younger”, was the eldest son of John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Mary Forth, his first wife. His parents were wealthy, and in 1622, at age 16, he was sent to Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland,…
Australia’s Head of State is the Queen of Australia, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Under the Australian Constitution, executive power is exercised by the Governor‑General as the Queen’s representative. The Governor-General is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister of Australia. Who created the first ever…
Other accolades included receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, being made a member of the Order of the British Empire, the French Legion of Merit Award and an honorary doctorate of laws from Western School of Law. After Jackson left KABC in 1998, he hosted talk shows…
Doris Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943) was a United States Navy cook third class who was killed in action during World War II. He was the first black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the highest decoration for valor in combat after the Medal of Honor.…
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won the Wimbledon by beating Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands and Jared Palmer of the US, 6-7 (10), 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the final. Above all, Leander and Bhupathi became the first Indian pair to win a Grand Slam creating one of the most…
The first black sorority was formed on the campus of Howard University. The brainchild of Ethel Hedgeman, Hedgeman approached eight other women in the Liberal Arts School and soon Alpha Kappa Alpha was established as a Greek-letter organization in 1908. RELATED: ’Hold high the gold and blue’: Johnson C. Smith,…
According to Matsyapurana, the first person on this Earth is Manu. The Sanskrit term Maanav meaning a human was derived from the name Manu denoting his children. Manu was the son of Prajapati (another name of Brahma) and ShatrupaShatrupaIn Hindu Culture, Shatarupa (Sanskrit: शतरूपा, romanized: Śatarūpā, lit. ’she of a…
Who was the black woman who sat at the front of the bus? Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Who was the first black…