In 1841, she saved her husband, Prince Albert, from an icy lake he had fallen into while skating. The incident didn’t need much dramatization when it was included in an episode of the PBS drama Victoria. And this had been true for Queen Victoria and her husband Albert as well.…
Rupp’s Wildcat teams won four NCAA championships (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958), one National Invitation Tournament title in 1946, appeared in 20 NCAA tournaments, had six NCAA Final Four appearances, captured 27 Southeastern Conference regular season titles, and won 13 Southeastern Conference tournaments. Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December…
Hilaria Baldwin and husband Alec Baldwin are expecting another child. The mother of six shared the news in an Instagram post Tuesday, calling it a “huge surprise.” “After many ups and downs over the past few years, we have an exciting up and a huge surprise: another Baldwinito is coming…
Salt from the Sahara desert was one of the major trade goods of ancient West Africa where very little naturally occurring deposits of the mineral could be found. Once an Ancient Mine,The Breathtaking Underground Salt Cathedral of Colombia Ten Stunning Yet Little Known Ancient Treasures Across Africa The Legacy of…
Bittersweet Ending: Alex didn’t die, but he’s going to jail for his crimes along with the fact that there are other Horsemen out there plotting an apocalypse. And the end implies that Aidan will be there more for Sean. How Alex died on The Expanse Midway through the finale, Alex…
Historians estimate that between 5,000 and 8,000 African-descended people participated in the Revolution on the Patriot side, and that upward of 20,000 served the crown. Many fought with extraordinary bravery and skill, their exploits lost to our collective memory. During the American Revolutionary War, African Americans served both the Continental…
Captain Alex Mason is a CIA operative and retired Marine Force Recon Captain. He is the main protagonist and the main playable character in Call of Duty: Black Ops. Isaac Newton was an English Physicist and mathematician. He was also one of the most influential scientists of the time and…
Some recent studies date the inception of iron metallurgy in Africa between 3000 and 2500 BCE. Evidence exists for earlier iron metallurgy in parts of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Central Africa, possibly from as early as around 2,000 BCE. Sustained archaeological research has been conducted in different parts of the continent…
The question of how Bryce died is at the heart of 13 Reasons Why season three and we now know the answer. While the evidence mounted up with each episode looking at each character it turned out it wasn’t Clay who killed Bryce or Tony, Jess or Justin. Bryce’s killer…
Africans across the continent resisted colonial demands and took up arms against European colonizers during World War I. Did African nations resist imperialism? In densely populated West Africa, many different states and independent societies resisted colonialism. One important example of military resistance came from the Mandinka state led by Samori…