Singer and songwriter who gained recognition on Season 5 of music competition The Voice. He came in at third place. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He did a performance of "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John with Adam Levine on The Voice. He has a daughter. Tessanne Chin was the winner of The Voice in Season 5.
entire account of the crusade is coloured by her anxiety to defend her father from the charge of oath-breaking, a charge which had the gravest political imolicotions for Alexius and for the Byzantine Empire, and which was still.
Blackbeard, the Pirate: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes. Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
The Expeditions (Ar. Kitāb al-Maghāzī) by Maʿmar ibn Rāshid (d. 153/770) is an early biography of the Prophet Muḥammad that dates to the second/eighth century and is preserved in the recension of his student ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Hammām of Sanaa (d. 211/827).
The Cosmic Connection, published in , was the first popular book by Carl Sagan, after some academic tomes and an anthology of essays about UFOs, who later gained much fame as the author and host of the book and TV series Cosmos (recently remade with Neil deGrasse Tyson as host, and Sagan’s widow Ann Druyan as author), and who wrote.
Known as the “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson was a best-selling American singer, songwriter, and dancer. As a child, Jackson became the lead singer of his family’s popular Motown group, the.
Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP) is an American funk rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in December as Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, the group originally consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist Hillel Slovak, bassist Flea (real name Michael Balzary) and drummer Jack Irons. [1].
Muhammad ibn Abdullah (l. CE) is venerated today as the Prophet of Islam and the “seal of Prophets” by his followers – the Muslims. Muslims believe that Muhammad was the last – hence the “seal” – of many prophets before him in Judaism and Christianity such as Adam, Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Jesus Christ, and others.
Carrie Mae Best, activist, journalist, broadcaster and publisher, was the co-founder of The Clarion, one of the first newspapers in Nova Scotia to be owned and operated by Black Canadians (McLeod, ).
Cyrus the Great, also referred to as Cyrus II of Persia or Cyrus the Elder, was a ruler who founded the First Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire. His empire not only encompassed the civilized states of the ancient Near East but also included large parts of Central and Southwest Asia.
There is no question about the bravery of Taslima Nasrin — the daughter of a county physician father and a devoutly religious mother, who was suddenly thrust into the spotlight after the angry response of Islamic militants to her feminist writings.
Discover 37 fascinating facts about Laura Bassi, the pioneering physicist who broke barriers in the 18th century. Learn about her life and achievements.
William Henry Cosby, Jr., one of America’s most influential and successful entertainers, was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on J to William Henry, a U.S. Navy cook, and Anna Pearl Cosby, a maid.
Dust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of American literature's most compelling and influential authors.