Masaya Nakamura, a Japanese toy and game entrepreneur whose company’s most enduring creation, Pac-Man, became a worldwide cultural touchstone, died on Jan. 22. He was 91. His death was announced on Monday by Bandai Namco, the business where he retained the title of honorary adviser. Pac-Man (Japanese: パックマン, Hepburn: Pakkuman),…
The frieze shows the procession of the Panathenaic festival, the commemoration of the birthday of the goddess Athena. Here two horsemen are shown reining back their horses. The leading horseman turns round to look back at his companion, while raising his left hand to his head. Why was the Parthenon…
George Mortimer PullmanGeorge Mortimer PullmanPullman developed a railroad sleeping car, the Pullman sleeper or “palace car”. These were designed after the packet boats that travelled the Erie Canal of his youth in Albion. The first one was finished in 1864.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › George_PullmanGeorge Pullman – Wikipedia was an American…
The educational reform movement that marked the turning point in United States educational history originated in, and was dominated by, the example of Massachusetts and its political leaders, particularly Horace Mann. Horace Mann was born to a family of farmers in Franklin, Massachusetts, on May 4, 1796. Some of the…
For the English coronation of Charles II ( r. 1660–1685), who had been living in exile abroad, new Jewels were made based on records of the lost items. They were supplied by the banker and royal goldsmith, Sir Robert Vyner, at a cost of £12,184 7s 2d – as much…
After the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was made, Jefferson initiated an exploration of the newly purchased land and the territory beyond the “great rock mountains” in the West. He chose Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition, who in turn solicited the help of William Clark. Question 1 SURVEY 30 seconds Q.…
Award-winning costume designer Margot Wilson was solely responsible for Winslet’s dresses, which take their cues from the chicest designs of the early ’50s. Tilly has studied with the best of the best in Europe, so naturally her clothes reflect the influences of mentors like Balenciaga and Dior. The Dressmaker sewing…
In 1848 John SutterJohn SutterJohn Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant of Mexican and American citizenship, known for establishing Sutter’s Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the…
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) is the single individual most responsible for the successful unification of the German states into the German Empire in the 1860s and 1870s. His role was akin to that of Cavour in Italy. Cavour is the leader that finally led Italy (after a few failed attempts)…
Several men held the position: John Hanson (Nov 5 1781 – Nov 3 1782), Elias Boudinot (Nov 4 1782 – Nov 2 1783), Thomas Mifflin (Nov 3 1783 – Nov 29 1784), Richard Henry Lee (Nov 30 1784 – Nov 22 1785), John Hancock (Nov 23 1785 – Jun 5…