For the internet to become popular, we first needed computers, and while the first computers date back to the 17th and even the 16th century, the first digital, programmable computers broke onto the scene in the 1940s. Vinton G. “Vint” Cerf (born 1943) is an American computer scientist. He is…
Sacagawea was a Native American woman from the Shoshone tribe who helped Lewis and Clark during their expedition. a member of an American Indian people living in the Northwest — Sacagawea was a member of the Shoshone tribe. Sacagawea was a Shoshone interpreter best known for being the only woman…
The first post-apartheid president of South Africa. The first black chief executive of South Africa, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. Which president started apartheid in South Africa? He was the first non-White head of state in South African history, as well as the first to…
Leroy Robert ” Satchel ” Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Don’t Look Back:…
The Thirtieth Congress had, just before adjourning on March 3, 1849, selected Missouri senator David Rice Atchison to continue as President Pro Tempore, so he is the person now tagged as having been “President for a Day” between March 4 and March 5 of 1849. But was he really? But…
(/heɪɡ/; December 2, 1924 – February 20, 2010) was the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and the White House chief of staff under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Alexander Haig. Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (/heɪɡ/; December 2, 1924 – February 20, 2010) was the United…
On June 6, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Securities Exchange Act, which created the SEC. This Act gave the SEC extensive power to regulate the securities industry, including the New York Stock Exchange. Joseph P. Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy’s father, was the first SEC chairman. No more…
Shankara: He was born in Kerala in the eighth century. He was one of the most influential philosophers of India and an advocate of Advaita. Shankara taught that the only or Ultimate Reality was the Brahman who was formless and without any attributes. Shankara (Adi Shankaracharya) was a philosopher and…
On this date, President Herbert Hoover signed into law a bill that designated the “Star-Spangled Banner” as the National Anthem of the United Statesthe United StatesIn its noun form, the word generally means a resident or citizen of the U.S., but is also used for someone whose ethnic identity is…
The iconic figure of ’Simpson and his Donkey’ looks towards War Memorial Drive from the Angas Garden. The life-size statue was erected to honour Australian Defence Force health workers. John ’Jack’ Simpson Kirkpatrick, who served as Private Simpson, survived just three and a half weeks at Gallipoli in 1915. Simpson…