Demosthenes (384 BC–322 BC) was a famous Greek orator. He was also a politician who championed for democracy. As a child he used to stammer. He is known to have put pebbles in his mouth while speaking to overcome the problem of stammering.
The iconic image of Mike Gatting getting bowled by Shane Warne on day two of the Ashes Test in June 1993 will always resonate the cricket fraternity. It is called the ‘Ball of the Century’ or simply the ‘Gatting Ball’. Warne bowled over the wickets and the rapidly spinning ball drifted towards the right due…
Austrian botanist Gregor Johann Mendel, known for his heredity theory, was an Augustinian monk who began his experiments in his monastery’s garden. Gregor Mendel is known as the father of genetics. He gave the basic principles of genetics. Working in his garden, on peas, he elucidated the principles of heredity.
In the 1970 World Cup football match between Brazil and England, Brazil won 1–0. After the match, the two great players, Bobby Moore and Pelé exchanged jerseys as a token of mutual respect. Perhaps this incident set the tradition of exchange of jerseys among players in modern-day football. But after this there was a queer…
Michelangelo’s mother had died when he was still a child, and so he was sent to live with his nurse and her quarryman husband. Michelangelo used to run around in the quarry and sketch figures of charcoal on the whole pieces of marble, which he then carved. His father remarried and he was called back….
Saddam Hussein was arrested on 13 December 2003 as an outcome of an American military operation:Operation Red Dawn. Basically three things were found with him when he was arrested – USD$75000 in cash, a pistol and an AK–47 assault rifle and a packet of Café Pelé (a coffee branded after footballer Pelé).
