Galilei, an Italian Scientist, was the man who discovered and created many theories that shaped the modern sciences. was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564 to Vincenzio Galilei and was the first child in his family. His family was part of the Italian nobility, though they weren't rich. His father was a merchant and musician, as...
The voyages of the Iberians marked history. The discovery of the new world meant the unification of two old worlds. These old worlds had different beliefs, attitudes, language, and values. The culture of these two worlds would never be the same. The native peoples of America at the end of the fifteenth century ranged from the s...
The Celtic way of life reflects the essence of a real world and a real people. Feasting, fighting and ritual boasting were typical of the Celts, who were an ancient people who controlled much of Europe and the British Isles for about 800 years. Though their world is now dead, their culture influenced a good part of the European Continent, and sprea...
'There are very few things that we can know before hand. We will try, and if we decide that we are wrong, we will have to change.' --Franklin Delano Roosevelt about his promise of 'a New Deal for the forgotten man.' These are the words of a courageous man who demonstrated inspiration and hope to a country that had appeared to have spun out of...
Joe Louis was born in Alabama on May 13, 1914. He was the son of an Alabama sharecropper, the great grandson of a slave, and the great great grandson of a white slave owner. He moved to Detroit as a youngster with his mother. He was the first African American ever to achieve lasting fame and star status in the 20th Century. He did so with b...