Famous Muslim historians Urwah ibn Zubayr (died 712) Hadith of Umar’s speech of forbidding Mut’ah Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (died 742) Hadith of Umar’s speech of forbidding Mut’ah Ibn Ishaq (died 761) Sirah Rasul Allah Imam Malik (died 796) Al-Muwatta Al-Waqidi (745–822) Book of History and Campaigns Adam was indeed the…
The general public is more familiar with Vanessa Lynn Williams, the first black woman to claim the title of Miss America in 1983, and Kenya Moore, a current cast member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and the second black woman to win Miss USA. Doris Janell Hayes (Miss Washington)…
The natives built burial mounds; one of this type has been dated as the oldest earthwork in Anderson’s Mounds State Park. Natives in the Middle Woodland period developed the Hopewell culture and may have been in Indiana as early as 200 BC. The Hopewells were the first culture to create…
In 1498, the Portuguese Vasco Da Gama arrived to the Coast of Malabar via the sea route. A century later, in 1599, the first British John Mildenhall came to India via land route and styled himself as the ambassador of the East India Company. John Mildenhall (1560–1614) or John Midnall…
Salmon P. Chase was the first person on the $1, in 1863. Not only was he alive at the time, he was the incumbent secretary of the Treasury, so he put himself on the bill. Chase’s magnificent hubris ended in 1869 when George Washington bumped him off the bill in…
Bruce Arians just became the oldest head coach to win a Super Bowl in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ commanding 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The former Arizona Cardinals coach was showered in blue Gatorade by his players to celebrate the win. This is a list of Super Bowl…
The historicity of Genesis and the creation of Adam, God’s first man, is important to how we view and understand our faith and the gospel. The answer is that God was not created. He is the eternal Creator of all that is. He reveals, in the Bible, much about Himself,…
John Dalton, a chemist, physicist, and meteorologist was best known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry. He was also the first scientist to study color blindness, publishing a paper on the topic, entitled, Extraordinary Facts Relating to the Vision of Colours with Observations. The 24 year old Prince has…
The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. Among its leaders were Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the … Civil rights activists, known for their fight against social injustice and their lasting impact on…
In 1870 Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator. Who were the first black senators and representatives? Since 1870, when Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African Americans to serve in Congress, a total of 175 African Americans…