Rio de Janeiro 2016 to unveil 8 new Olympic venues during 25 test events over next 5 months Source: Rio 2016 It may be more than six months until the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but there will be plenty of Games-related sporting action in the city before then. Starting with basketball […]
January 4, 2016
Historical Flashback: When Oregon became a state – African descent population
Historical Flashback: When Oregon became a state – African descent population Below are historical newspaper articles on Oregon when it was admitted to the Union, as a state, on February 14, 1859. The newspaper articles speak to the issues of the African descent population. The Oregon Constitution was framed by a convention of 60 delegates […]
December 30, 2015
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to begin testing new Metrorail train early in 2016
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to begin testing new Metrorail train early in 2016 The first test version of the train set to replace the old Metrorail fleet is in the country TMG Digital JOHANNESBURG- The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has welcomed “Test Train No1 (T1)” to its Wolmerton Depot […]
December 29, 2015
China launches HD earth observation satellite
China launches HD earth observation satellite Xinhua XICHANG, CHINA- China on 29 December 2015 launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-4, as part of the country’s high-definition (HD) earth observation project. Gaofen-4 was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan at 00:04 a.m. aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket. […]
December 23, 2015
U.S. state Populations 2015: North Carolina becomes 9th state with 10 million or more people
See Update U.S. state Populations 2016: Most populous states -Release date: December 20, 2016 U.S. state Populations 2016: Most populous states -Release date: December 20, 2016 U.S. state Populations 2015: North Carolina becomes 9th state with 10 million or more people Propelled largely by growth in the Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham areas, North Carolina’s population passed the […]
December 22, 2015
Zimbabwe to adopt Chinese yuan as legal currency
Zimbabwe to adopt Chinese yuan as legal currency The Guardian (UK) Zimbabwe has announced that it will make the Chinese yuan legal tender after Beijing confirmed it would cancel $40m in debts. “They [China] said they are cancelling our debts that are maturing this year and we are in the process of finalising the debt […]
December 18, 2015
University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum states that ancient Egypt was in fact the “land of black” African people
University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum states that ancient Egypt was in fact the land of black African people There have been many people around the world who have asked the question…”Were the ancient Egyptians black?” The answer to that is simply, YES. The University of Cambridge- Fitzwilliam Museum’s Virtual Kemet states the following: “Kemet : […]
December 15, 2015
United Kingdom: London to have 2 new skyscrapers
United Kingdom: London to have 2 new skyscrapers Mayor approves City of London’s tallest skyscraper BBC News LONDON- The 62-floor skyscraper will be the highest building in London’s financial district, know as the Square Mile. The 295m-high (967.8 ft) tower, at 22 Bishopsgate, will be built on the site of The Pinnacle – a seven-floor […]
December 14, 2015
Historical Flashback: Christmas and enslavement in the United States
Historical Flashback: Christmas and enslavement in the United States The following historical newspaper articles relate to enslaved people of African descent around the Christmas season in United States. 1851 1851 1856 1856 1858 1860 1862 1865 On December 18, 1865, Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed the official adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to […]
December 13, 2015
Sylvester Turner elected mayor of Houston, Texas
Sylvester Turner elected mayor of Houston, Texas Houston hasn’t elected a Republican mayor in more than 30 years. Houston elects Sylvester Turner (Democrat) as its next mayor. Sylvester Turner defeated Republican businessman Bill King on 12 December 2015 to make him the next mayor of Houston, the fourth most-populous U.S. city (ranking by city limit population only, not by the […]
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