Historical

Junko Tabei: First Woman To Climb Mount Everest
Junko Tabei would love to climb Everest as a 36-year-old but the fact that she was the first woman to climb the highest mountain in the world and the first to climb seven peaks requires more than skill and wonder. Tabei has already proved himself to be one of the largest mountaineers of his generation, having climbed many of the world's most spectacular peaks, including the highest peaks in 70 different lands.
By Rashmi Dahal5 years ago in FYI
world Conference On Women 1975
In 1975, the First UN Women's World Summit was held in Mexico City from June 19 to July 2, bringing together people from different backgrounds to promote gender equality. In June 1975, thousands of people gathered in Mexico City for a United Nations (UN) conference to celebrate the International Year of Women (IWY), the first of four United Nations women's conferences, including those in Copenhagen (1980), Nairobi (1985) and Beijing (1995). The conference took place in the Mexican capital, bringing together representatives from 133 countries and 6,000 NGO participants to launch IWY and bring the 10th anniversary of women from 1975 to 1985.
By Rashmi Dahal5 years ago in FYI
Blaise Pascal: The Inventor of Calculator
Mathematicians who designed and used calculators capable of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing were Wilhelm Schickhard, Blaise Pascal, and Gottfried Leibniz. This is not to say that there were no mathematical tools in the twentieth century, because many different calculators were created, from digital calculators to smartphones.
By Rashmi Dahal5 years ago in FYI
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
English is the Lingua Franca of the world. Two-thirds of the world speaks this language today. As many as 67 countries and 27 non-sovereign entities use it as their official language. Various organizations like United Nations, European Union, Commonwealth of Nations, ICC, IMF, SAARC, ECO, etc. also use it as their official language.
By Nira Kumari5 years ago in FYI
Russian Revolution
Kornilov's case, however, was short-lived, for it gained power from the Bolsheviks in Petrograd in the workforce and the working class and undermined the credibility of the Interim Socialist and Liberal Government because of Kadet's (Democracy) Democracy's involvement in Prime Minister Kerensky's case. This chapter of the Russian Revolution was less effective as the government was ousted and replaced by the Soviet Socialist Republic under Lenin's leadership. The situation culminated in the October 1917 Revolution when the Bolshevik armed forces and the Petrograd troops defeated the Interim Government and handed over their power to the Soviets.
By Rashmi Dahal5 years ago in FYI
Alexandra of Denmark
Few know much about this Princess and Queen who was the very “First Queen of Hearts.” She was called the most beautiful Princess in Europe and her marriage into the British Royal family gave it a much needed boost (sound familiar?). Alexandra ‘fitted’ all the qualities Queen Victoria was looking for in a wife for her eldest son: ‘a Princess who is pretty, quiet, clever and sensible, and only a year or two younger than her son’.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff5 years ago in FYI
Spectacular Flag Art & its Past Record of Worldwide
Designing art of flag is known as vexillography, the design of flag will be perfect simple worthful and identifiable with ease such asPLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ENGRAVED FLAG. However, Thousands are flying to countries and causes over the years.
By James Michael5 years ago in FYI
Famous Greek Orators
The 10 Greek orators from Athens were said to have been the most influential orators of ancient Greece during the 5th and 4th century BCE by Aristophanes of Byzantium. These writers of judicial history are what follow after the great literature of legends such as the Iliad or Homer. They are labeled as the Attic orators because of their regional locale and births; the state of Attica in Greece, in which Athens is located. Many of these orators worked as logographers (speech writers), teachers and some were said to have written their own treatise on rhetoric. The ten orators are: Antiphon; Andocides; Lysias; Isocrates; Isaeus; Demosthenes; Aeschines; Lycurgus; Hyperides and Dinarchus.
By Willy Martinez5 years ago in FYI
Yinshi - A Lifestyle That Leads To Personal Freedom.
‘While weaving flowers in the garden, I look at the high mountains in front of my eyes. Touching the mountain and returning to the evening air, there is a different freshness. At sunset the birds return to their homes rather than singing. It is just that I have come to understand the meaning of life in such scenes.’
By Tushar Nandanwar5 years ago in FYI
Edward VII
He was the heir apparent to the British throne for almost 60 years. As King, he modernized the British Home Fleet, and reorganized the British Army after the Second Boer War. He ‘re-instituted’ traditional ceremonies as public displays and ‘broadened’ the range of people with whom Royalty socialized. He was Edward VII!
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff5 years ago in FYI
Tuk Origins
Tuk Origins The coiled serpent motif of Ba’al remained afterward in most desert traditions and rites, mostly as a warning. Afterward, specialized languages separated knowledge from science from religious texts and soon enough people were separated from one another by language.
By Lawrence Finlayson5 years ago in FYI
Lady with an Ermin painting by Leonardo da Vinci
Lady with the Ermine (No. 1) is one of four surviving female figures by Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, the other featuring Ginevra Benci, La Belle Ferronniere, and Mona Lisa. Cecilia Gallerani, the wife of Ludovico Sforza il Moro, Governor of Milan, is his headmaster, and Leonard was a painter in Sforza court at the time of his assassination.
By Rashmi Dahal5 years ago in FYI