Heritage day charity marathon:
5km,10km and 21.1 km marathon took place in Vanderbijlpark on the 24 September 2021. Top runners athletic club together with the school shoes project powered by Albany tinkies organised the marathon as giving back to the unprivileged around the Vaal. Women and men who participated…
Sharpeville massacre: where are we today? LA FA ELIHLE KAKHULU
All those years ago when you laid your lives down, sixty-one years to be precise. These are the men and women who were unarmed and took a bold decision to face their oppressor to voice their disagreement with tyrannical unjust laws they were subjected to….
Today in World history:
Sept. 18, 1960: Fidel Castro visits New York The Cuban leader arrived in New York City for United Nations’ 15th session. Castro stayed at the Theresa Hotel in Harlem, New York City, and created a stir when he met Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. The trip…
Today in history:
Sept. 14, 1959: First man-made object reaches moon Developed and operated by the Soviet Union, Luna 2 was launched on Sept. 12, 1959, and became the first space probe to reach the moon’s surface two days later. This happened almost a decade before NASA’s Apollo…
Florence Nightingale
May 12 marks the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the “founder of modern nursing.” Born to a wealthy British family, Nightingale found her calling in alleviating human suffering and went on to pursue it against all odds. Here’s looking at some facts from the extraordinary…
Cell phone:
April 3, 1973: First cell phone call is made; Engel, who was the AT&T Motorola engineer Martin Cooper (pictured) made the first handheld cellular phone call from Sixth Avenue in New York City, while walking between 53rd and 54th streets on this day. He called…
April Fool’s Day:
April 1, 1700: April Fool’s Day becomes popular; English pranksters popularized the April Fool’s tradition of playing practical jokes on each other on this day. Although its origin is debated, it is believed April Fools’ Day dates to 1582, when France moved from using the…
Today in history :15 March
Assassination of Julius Caesar: On the Ides of March (15 March; see Roman calendar) of 44 BC, Caesar was due to appear at a session of the Senate. Mark Antony, fearing the worst, went to head Caesar off. The plotters expected this, and arranged for…
Today in history :15 March
March 15, 1985: The first internet domain name is registered. The first internet domain name, symbolics.com, was registered on the World Wide Web on this day. It was registered to Symbolics Inc., a computer systems company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. The first domain name was…
Today in history :15 March
March 15, 1892: Jesse W. Reno patents first escalator. The first escalator was patented by Reno, an inventor from New York City, on this day. In 1896, Reno brought his creation, called the “inclined elevator,” to the Old Iron Pier at Coney Island in New…
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