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History Of Buddhism History Of Jainism History Of Zoroastrianism Guru Nanak History Of Chinese Buddhism Historical Christ Pythogoros FactBook Dictionaries Encyclopedias Quotations Archive History Of Sanskrit One World How a Lady Gets Her Book Published History of Celtic People UFOs and Extra Terrestrial Intelligences The Vimanika Shastra Today's BirthdaySun, 21 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  One of the greatest and most influential composers of the Western world, Bach created masterful works in almost every musical form known in his period. During his lifetime, Bach was better known as an organist than as a composer, and his works, which include the six Brandenburg Concertos, four orchestral suites, and more than 200 church cantatas, were not fully appreciated until long after his death. Bach is the most represented artist on the Voyager Golden Record, which is what? DiscussOvid (43 BCE) Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  Publius Ovidius Naso, a Roman poet better known as Ovid, is ranked alongside Virgil and Horace as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. Ovid was a great storyteller whose writings generally deal with the themes of love, mythology, and exile. His poetry, much imitated during late antiquity and the Middle Ages, had a decisive influence on European art and literature for centuries. Why did Augustus banish Ovid in 8 CE?"Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?" (1813) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary and explorer, was the first European to cross the African continent. He aimed to facilitate the abolition of the slave trade by opening Africa to commerce and missionary stations. During his travels, Livingstone made many geographic discoveries and amassed a complex body of knowledge that took decades to mine after his death. He is the subject of the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Who uttered the famous phrase upon meeting him in 1871?Article of the DaySun, 21 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT The Wilhelm ScreamSun, 21 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  Often used when a character is plummeting to his death, the Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect that has been featured in over a hundred films, television shows, and video games since it was first used in the 1951 film Distant Drums. The tradition of inserting the sound into films began when Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt tracked down the original recording—a studio reel labeled "man being eaten by alligator"—and named the sound effect after whom? DiscussDura-Europos: The Pompeii of the Desert Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  Dura-Europos was an ancient town on the Euphrates River in what is now Syria. Originally a Babylonian town, it was captured by the Romans in 165 BCE. Destroyed by the Sasanian dynasty in 256, it was abandoned, covered by sand and mud, and disappeared from sight for nearly 1,700 years until it was rediscovered in 1920. Its ruins give an unusually detailed picture of everyday life there and have provided finds including armor, paintings, and the world's oldest preserved version of what?Fashion in the 15th Century Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  Fashion in 15th-century Europe was characterized by a series of extremes and extravagances. As Europe continued to become more prosperous, the urban middle class, including skilled workers, began to wear more complex clothes that followed the fashions set by the elite, ranging from voluminous gowns—called houppelandes—with sweeping, floor-length sleeves to draped, jeweled, and feathered hats, hoods, and other headdresses. What was the fashion trend known as slashing?
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Today In History, News And QuotationsThis Day in HistorySun, 21 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT Who Shot J.R.? (1980)Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  The 1980 season finale of the popular prime-time soap opera Dallas ended with the show's central character—J.R. Ewing, a greedy, scheming oil baron—being shot by an unknown assailant. The cliffhanger left viewers wondering for months whether he would survive and which of his many enemies had pulled the trigger. The episode that revealed the culprit became one of the highest rated television shows in history, drawing an estimated 83 million viewers. So, who shot J.R.? DiscussThe Subway Sarin Incident (1995) Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  On March 20, 1995, members of the Japanese religious sect Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas, a nerve agent, on several lines of the Tokyo Metro system in five coordinated attacks, killing 12 and injuring thousands. Carrying homemade liquid sarin packaged in plastic bags, the perpetrators boarded the trains, punctured the packets, and left them to vaporize on the car floors. More than 10 Aum members were sentenced to death for their involvement in the incident. What was the group's motive?Tuskegee Airmen Activated for Service (1941) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  The Tuskegee Airmen, trained at Alabama's Tuskegee Army Air Field during WWII, made up the US military's first African-American flying unit. In 1941, congressional legislation forced the Army Air Corps to create an all-black combat unit, and though the War Department aimed to block its formation by instituting a number of restrictive guidelines for applicants, many qualified for service. In all, these airmen flew 1,578 missions, destroyed 261 enemy aircraft, and were awarded how many medals?In the NewsSun, 21 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT Invisibility Cloak Hides Bump in GoldSun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST  Invisibility cloaks are often viewed as the stuff of fairy tales, but scientists are now one step closer to making them a reality. Using a structure of crystals with air spaces in between, researchers were able to cloak a tiny bump in a layer of gold. In this trial, the bump was miniscule, a mere micrometer high. While the design can theoretically be scaled up, it is not entirely practical, as creating the cloak used in this experiment took several hours. DiscussUS Citizen Admits to Role in Mumbai Attack Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST  US citizen David Coleman Headley, son of an American mother and Pakistani father, admitted Thursday that he scouted out the Indian city of Mumbai for a 2008 terrorist attack that left 166 people dead and helped plot an attack on a Danish newspaper that had printed cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Prosecutors said Headley made several surveillance trips to India and Denmark and then passed on the information he collected to members of the Pakistan-based Islamic militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba. By pleading guilty, Headley avoids facing the death penalty, but he could still be sentenced to life in prison.Multigenerational Living on Rise in US Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST  The economic downturn, extended life spans, and increased options in home health and outpatient care are just a few of the factors prompting many multigenerational families in the US to live together under one roof. According to census data, about 6.6 million US households in 2009 had at least three generations of family members, a 30 percent increase since 2000. In total, about one in six people in the US lives in such a household. Many of these households contain "boomerang kids," young adults who move back in with their parents because of limited job prospects and the high cost of living independently.Quote of the DaySun, 21 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT John Quincy AdamsSun, 21 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her [America's] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. DiscussFrancis Bacon Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.Alexandre Dumas Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT  I needed some real danger and some mortal risk to run, to tranquilize me.
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