Nelson Mandela
Posted by admin on Mar 22, 2011 | 0 comments
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, OM (born 18 July 1918) is a former President of South Africa, was one of its chief anti-apartheid activists, and was also an anti-apartheid saboteur and guerrilla leader. He is now almost universally considered to be a heroic freedom fighter, but during the time of the apartheid regime many Western politicians such as Margaret Thatcher...
Read MoreMartin Luther King
Posted by admin on Mar 21, 2011 | 2 comments
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968) was a Nobel Laureate Baptist minister and African American civil rights activist. He is one of the most significant leaders in U.S. history and in the modern history of nonviolence, and is considered a hero, peacemaker and martyr by many people around the world. A decade and a half after...
Read MoreWinston Churchill
Posted by admin on Mar 19, 2011 | 0 comments
The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS (November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965) was a British politician, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. At various times an author, soldier, journalist, legislator and painter, Churchill is generally regarded as one of the most important leaders in...
Read MoreChristopher Columbus
Posted by admin on Mar 18, 2011 | 4 comments
Christopher Columbus (1451—May 20, 1506) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas in 1492 under the flag of Castilian Spain. He believed that the earth was a relatively small sphere, and argued that a ship could reach the Far East via a westward course. Columbus was not the first person to reach the Americas, which he...
Read MoreDavid Livingstone
Posted by admin on Mar 17, 2011 | 11 comments
David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish missionary and explorer of the Victorian era, now best remembered because of his meeting with Henry Morton Stanley which gave rise to the popular quotation, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Early life Livingstone was born in the village of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland and first...
Read MoreJesus Christ
Posted by admin on Feb 28, 2011 | 13 comments
Jesus of Nazareth, also referred to as Jesus Christ or simply Jesus, is the central figure of Christianity. Most Christian denominations venerate him as God the Son incarnated and believe that he rose from the dead after being crucified. Most critical historians agree that Jesus was a Jew who was regarded as a teacher and healer, that he was baptized...
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