• Oliver Norvell Hardy
    • rdy (January 18, 1892_ August 7, 1957) Norvell Hardy was born in Harlem, Georgia, on January 18, 1892. Oliver was 48 in 1890 when he married Emily and he was not in the best of health. He died less than a year after ...
    • Niels Henrik Abel
    • bel (5 Aug 1802 - 6 April 1829) Niels Abel was one of the innovators in the field of elliptic functions, discoverer of Abelian functions and one of the leaders in the use of rigor in mathematics. His work was so ...
    • Marilyn vos Savant
    • ant ( August 11 , 1946 ) Marilyn vos Savant is an American newspaper columnist who deals with mathematical and logical puzzles, as well as more traditional self-help advice. Her column Ask Marilyn appears in Parade ...
    • JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
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    • International Youth Day
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    • Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
    • tro (12 Jan 1853-6 Aug 1925) Italian mathematician whose systematization of absolute differential calculus (the Ricci calculus) enabled Albert Einstein to derive the theory of relativity. Ricci-Curbastro was born i...
    • EMILIANO ZAPATA
    • ATA (August 8, 1879-April 10, 1919) He was born in 8 August 1879, in San Miguel de Anenecuilco, Morelos, in a farmer family. With a very elementary instruction, in March 1911 he was sent to the revolutionary fight w...
    • Danilo Blanusa
    • sa (December 7, 1903- Aug u st 8, 1987) Danilo Blanuša was a Croatian mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor at the University of Zagreb. Blanuša was born in Osijek and attended elementary...
    • Wilhelm Steinitz
    • tz (May 18, 1836- August 12, 1900) 1st World Champion, 1886 - 1894 Wilhelm Steinitz was born at Prague, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) on May 18, 1836. He moved to Vienna, Austria, as a young man and worked as a...
    • Vladimir Solovyov
    • ov (28 January 1853-13 August 1900) Solovyov was born in Moscow. His father, Sergej Mikhailovich, a professor at Moscow University, is universally recognized as one of Russia's greatest historians. After attending s...
    • Svetlana Y. Savitskaya
    • aya ( August 8, 1948- ) First woman to walk in space Svetlana Savitskaya was born in Moscow on August 8, 1948. She began to take part in aviation sports when at school and worked as a flight instructor upon finis...
    • Aleksandr Danilovic Aleksandrov
    • rov (4 Aug 1912 - 27 July 1999) Aleksandr Danilovic Aleksandrov's father was the headmaster of a secondary school in St Petersburg and his mother was a teacher at the same school. In fact, although he was born i...
    • Resident Evil: Apocalypse
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    • Fauvism
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    • Invitation
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    • Portuguese Proverbs
    • verbs Quem não tem cão caça com gato  It's used when someone doesn't have the right tool to do something and he or she does it some another way. For example, if some people want to play soccer and ...
    • AL-QALAM (The Pen)
    • he Pen) Name This Surah is calledNun as well asAl-Qalam, the words with which it begins. Period of Revelation This too is one of the earliest surahs to be revealed atMecca, but its subject matter shows that it was sent...
    • The Reason
    • When reason reaches its peak and the souls of His lovers feel helpless and disabled, they grow restless and stretch their hands in supplication,seeking comfort for their burning souls. When every manner of sea...
    • Turkish Proverbs
    • overbs Okuz altinda buzagi aranmaz. Donotsearchforacalfunderanox. (Whensomeone showsunnecessaryamountofsuspicionforanaction) Havlayan kopek isirmaz. Thedogthat barksmuchdoesnotbite. (Whenapersontalkstoomuch,itusually...
    • online book
    • y to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne http://www.blackmask.com/books39c/7jrnydex.htm 2-An Antarctic Mystery Jules Verne http://www.blackmask.com/thatway/books137c/antmystdex.htm 3-Dick Sand Jules Verne http://www....
    • Université Libre de Tunis
    • nis http://www.ult.ens.tn/ UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE TUNIS 30 AVENUE KHEIREDDINE PACHA 1002 TUNIS-TUNISIE TEL: (216) 71 841 411 FAX: (216) 71 782 260 E-MAIL: INTAC.ULT@PLANET.TN History The Université Li...
    • 1-Traditions of Islam
    • lam Paul Hardy ISBN: 1860645801 Author: Hardy, Paul Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Ltd Subject: General Subject: Islam Subject: Islam - General Publication Date: November 2004 Binding: Hardcover Lang...
    • Milton Friedman
    • man (born July 31, 1912) Autobiography I was born July 31, 1912, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the fourth and last child and first son of Sarah Ethel (Landau) and Jeno Saul Friedman. My parents were born in Carpatho-Ruthenia (th...
    • Maria Mitchell
    • ell (August 01, 1818 _ June 28 , 1889) Maria Mitchell, the first person, male or female, appointed to the Vassar faculty (1865), was arguably the most famous American scientist of the 19th century. Born inNantu...
    • Jean – Baptist Lamarck
    • rck  (August 1, 1744 - December 28, 1829) French naturalist.He is noted for his study and classification of invertebrates and for his introduction of evolutionary theories. After varied careers he turned his attent...
    • Maria Mitchell
    • on (Jul 31 1803 - Mar 8 1889) The John Ericsson Memorial is dedicated to the man who revolutionized naval history with his invention of the screw propeller. He was also the designer of the U.S.S Monitor, the ship that...
    • Jean Dubuffet
    • et ( July 31 , 1901-1985) A French painter born inLe Havre in 1901, Jean Dubuffet had a successful career in the wine business until 1942, when he devoted himself solely to art. He was 45 when he had his first solo exhi...
    • George W. Melville, Rear Admiral
    • ral (10 January 1841_18 March 1912) George Wallace Melville was born inNew York City on10 January 1841. A graduate of Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, he worked in the engineering field until July 1861,...
    • Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
    • lac (September 30, 1715 - August 3, 1780) Etienne Bonnot de Condillac French philosopher, was born atGrenoble of a legal family, and, like his elder brother, the well-known political writer, abbé de Mably, took holy...
    • Elisha Graves Otis
    • tis  (August 03, 1811_ April 8, 1861) Otis built the first modern passenger elevator which used his invention of a safety device which prevented the car from falling if the cables broke. Biography ...
    • Maria Mitchell
    • er Fleming ( August 6, 1881_ March 11, 1955)  On a farm inScotland onAugust 6, 1881, an amazing person was born. This amazing person was Alexander Fleming. As a boy he roamed the countryside with his 8 siblings wh...
    • ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
    • ELL (March 3 1847 – August 2 1922) Even as late as 1922, when Alexander Graham Bell was laid to rest in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, the world may not have been fully aware of what he had brought forth for the fu...
    • Sir Lawrence
    • Lawrence Alma-Tadema was one of the most renowned painters of late nineteenth century Britain. Universally admired for his superb draftsmanship and 'real to life' depictions of Classical antiquity he ...
    • The Classical Era
    • Although the Classical Era lasted for only 70 years, there was a substantial change in the music that was being produced. Classical music placed a greater stress ...
    • SHREK 2
    • Raman Hui was a supervising animator for both ANTZ and Shrek. Raman Hui started his animation career at Quantum Studios in Honk Kong where he worked as a cel animator. Soon thereafter he ...
    • The Bauhaus Movement
    • The origins of the Bauhaus movement of modern art and architecture date back to the controversial new school of arts and crafts which was established ...
    • Malagasy Proverbs
    • bs A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful. By getting angry, you show you are wrong. Cross in a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you. Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven. Crows are black everywhe...
    • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
    • gy http://www.knust.edu.gh/ The motto of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is 'Nyansapo wosane no badwemma'  (Twi) which literally translated into English is 'The Knot of Wisdom can be untie...
    • 1-Arabic Calligraphy:
    • hy:  Naskh style for beginners  Mustafa Ja'far Synopsis NaskhisoneofthesixmajorcursiveArabicscripts.Its originscanbe tracedbacktothe late-8thcenturyADanditisstill inusetoday.For centuries,noviceAr...
    • Salvador Allende
    • nde ( July 26 , 1908 - September 11 , 1973 ) Allende was born in Valparaíso and was a medical doctor by profession. He was also an ardent Marxist and an outspoken critic of the capitalist system. As...
    • Louise Brown, First Test-Tube Baby
    • aby (July 25, 1978 - ) The first baby to be born from vitro fertilization was Louise Brown. Louise was born in England, 1978. There were some complications, so the doctors decided to do a caesarian operation. Louise ...
    • Karl Popper
    • er (7/28/1902-9/17/1994) Sir Karl Raimund Popper was born in Vienna. His rise from a modest background as an assistant cabinet maker and school teacher to one of the most influential theorists and leading philosophers...
    • Christoph Scheiner
    • iner (July 25,1573-1650) German astronomer who carried out one of the earliest studies of sunspots and made significant improvements to the helioscope and the telescope. In about 1605 he invented the pantograph, an ins...
    • Alexandre Dumas, fils
    • ls (July 27, 1824 - November 27, 1895) Alexandre Dumas, fils was the son of Alexandre Dumas, père, who followed in his father's footsteps becoming a celebrated author and playwright. The young Dumas received the best...
    • Alexandre Dumas, père
    • re (July 24, 1802 - December 5, 1870) Alexandre Dumas was born in Villers-Cotterêts 40 km NE of Paris. His birth certificate names him Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie.His grandfather was the Marquis Antoine-Alexandre Davy d...
    • Ivan Constantinovich
    • Russia, Academic Classicism born 1817 - died 1900 At the turn of the 19th century, the Armenian merchant Konstantin (Gevork) Aivazovsky moved to Theodosia from Poland. The Armenian church of the ...