The final execution date was September 22, 1692, on which eight were hanged (Mary Eastey, Martha Corey, Ann Pudeator, Samuel Wardwell, Mary Parker, Alice Parker, Wilmot Redd and Margaret Scott). The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between…
The Titans were the deities in Greek mythology that preceded the Olympians. They were the children of the primordial deities Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth). The Titans included Oceanus, Tethys, Hyperion, Theia, CoeusCoeusIn Greek mythology, Coeus (/ˈsiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Κοῖος, Koios, “query, questioning” or “intelligence”) also called Polus was one…
Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, the Federalist Essays originally appeared anonymously under the pseudonym “Publius.” The federalist papers are a series of 85 essays that were written to help ratify the US Constitution. Who wrote the federalist papers? Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay wrote…
The second video for the single leaked onto the internet on May 23, 2008. It casts UK model Charlotte Carter-Allen as a young woman who becomes overwhelmed by the New York City nightlife. Less than a week apart, the first music video shot for “Flashing Lights” was released on May…
Chowder is an American animated series which ran from November 2, 2007 to August 7, 2010 on Cartoon Network. Despite having no children, Mung Daal has apparently assumed the role of fatherhood for his apprentice, taking care of Chowder as a parent would, and allowing him to live in-house.Despite having…
The majority of troops who landed on the D-Day beaches were from the United Kingdom, Canada and the US. However, troops from many other countries participated in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland. On D-Day, Allied forces…
The first philosopher is usually said to have been Thales. Raymond Geuss has recently suggested that it was not Thales but Oedipus (and the Sphinx), on the grounds that ‘It takes two’ for philosophy to exist. The earliest person who is cited by ancient sources as a philosopher is Thales,…
Generally, the most compatible signs for Pisces friendships and romantic relationships are fellow water signs (Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio), as they speak that same flowy emotional language, and earth signs (Virgo, Capricorn, Taurus) because they’re so grounded. Pisces can find their soulmate in these three zodiacs, including Taurus, Virgo, and Cancer.…
When Jamestown’s founders arrived, Pocahontas was only 10 or 11 years old. She ended up marrying John RolfeJohn RolfeJohn Rolfe (1585 – March 1622) was one of the early English settlers of North America. He is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the…
The IRS defines a dependent as a qualifying child under age 19 (or under 24 if a full-time student) or a qualifying relative who makes less than $4,300 a year (tax year 2021). A qualifying dependent may have a job, but you must provide more than half of their annual…