Titanic (1912) Original Passenger List British passengers that embarked at Southampton for New York.
Greg Nwoko Historic Blog
Saturday, 29 November 2014
R. Norris Williams
R. Norris Williams - survived the sinking of the Titanic but was told to have his legs amputated due to severe frostbite. Refused the doctor's advise and two years later, in 1914, won the men's singles title in the U.S. Championships.
TITANIC ARTIFACTS
A pocket watch displaying the time ten minutes to two, which was recovered from the body of Titanic steward Sidney Sedunary, is displayed at the museum's Titanic exhibition on April 3, 2012 in Southampton, England.
SOURCE BY NYDAILYNEWS.COM
Titanic Captain Edward J Smith
Titanic Captain Edward J Smith was considered known for his quiet flamboyance some passengers would only sail on the boats he captained. He was a Captain of the English Naval Reserve. He is believed to have died when trying to make contact with neighboring ships in the ship's telegraph room.
Goldstriker iPhone 3GS Supreme: ( MOST EXPENSIVE PHONE ON EARTH.)
Goldstriker iPhone 3GS Supreme: 3.2 million USD
Stuart Hughes of Goldstriker worldwide is
branded for giving sumptuousness devices such as phones and video game
consoles the “Supreme” treatment—covering them with gold and
diamonds—and the iPhone is no exemption. The iPhone 3GS Supreme features
a casing made from 271 grams of solid 22k gold and a screen trimmed
with fifty-three 1-carat diamonds.
Vending Machines in China Now Sells Live Crabs
Mr Liu, a businessperson in China, has invented a vending machine that sells live crabs.
The vending machine has been installed in numerous parts of Hangzhou, the east of Zhejiang province of China. The price of these crabs has been set from US$3-US$9. Ginger and vinegar are also dispensed by this machine for those who like to have condiments.
The moisture and temperature in these vending machines has been attuned in order to keep the seafood fresh. But once the crabs have been bought, they melt down and can move as well.
During China’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Mr Liu is planning to cash in due to the call for crabs and expects to publicize these vending machines at supermarkets and subway stations across the country.
SOURCE: CHINAHUSH.COM
The vending machine has been installed in numerous parts of Hangzhou, the east of Zhejiang province of China. The price of these crabs has been set from US$3-US$9. Ginger and vinegar are also dispensed by this machine for those who like to have condiments.
The moisture and temperature in these vending machines has been attuned in order to keep the seafood fresh. But once the crabs have been bought, they melt down and can move as well.
During China’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Mr Liu is planning to cash in due to the call for crabs and expects to publicize these vending machines at supermarkets and subway stations across the country.
SOURCE: CHINAHUSH.COM
Most Expensive Single Object in the World.
The International Space Station (ISS) is an internationally developed
research facility that is being assembled in low Earth orbit. On-orbit
construction of the station began in 1998 and is scheduled for
completion by late 2011. The station is expected to remain in operation
until at least 2015, and likely 2020. With a greater mass than that of
any previous space station, the ISS can be seen
from Earth with the naked eye, and is by far the largest artificial
satellite that has ever orbited Earth. The ISS serves as a research
laboratory that has a microgravity environment in which crews conduct
experiments in biology, chemistry, human biology, physics, astronomy and
meteorology. The station has a unique environment for the testing of
the spacecraft systems that will be required for missions to the Moon
and Mars.The ISS is operated by Expedition crews, with the station
programme maintaining an uninterrupted human presence in space since the
launch of Expedition 1 on 31 October 2000, a total of 9 years and 262
days.
The Duluth Lynchings
June 15, 1920 is a sad reminder of the dark corners in American history
when a 19 year-old Irene Tusken went over to watch the African-American
circus workers load the circus wagons and was raped by six of the James Robinson Circus employees. The police quickly
arrested several black men accused of committing the crime on the white
woman. This occurred at a period of heightened racial conflict across
the country. In the evening a mob broke into the jail and following a
mock trial, declared Elias Clayton, Isaac McGhie and Elmer Jackson
guilty. And taking them out of the jail, the mob lynched them on a light
pole. Later the black community called for justice but the lynch mob
was only lightly punished.
BIZARRE REASON FOR DIVORCE
In the year 2009, a Saudi woman divorced her husband of 17 years when
she learned of the name he was calling her. The woman went through his
cell phone one day while it was out and she looked through the contacts
when she came across her number stored under the name “Guantanamo”. As
we all know, Guantanamo is a military prison in the United States.
Seeing this nickname, the woman was furious and immediately asked for a
divorce settlement from her husband. Although he said he thought it
would be funny and believed that she would share his sense of humor, the
wife could not bear the thought of her husband referring to her as a
prison. She said that the name was extremely harsh and rude in his part.
He should have just stuck to the classics like “baby”, “honey” or maybe
even “wifey”.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The super power of the world is at the first position in the race of
rapes. Males are majorly the rapist holding a proportion of 99%. Out of
all the victims, 91% are females while 9% are males. The U.S Bureau of
Justice Statistics states that 91% of rape victims are female and 9% are
male, and nearly 99% of rapists are male. According to the National
Violence Against Women Survey, 1 in 6 U.S. women and 1 in 33 U.S. men
has experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. More
than a quarter of college-age women report having experienced a rape or
rape attempt since age 14. Out of all, only 16% of the total cases are
reported. Outdoor rape is not common in USA rather most of the rape
cases takes place inside homes
KURI
The fox-like structure body and the fierce muzzle was not appealing
enough, and were dismissed as treacherous and snappy, and had a poor
sense of smell. Brought to New Zealand from Polynesia in the 13th
century, these dogs, however, were great companions for the Maori women.
These dogs served as a source of fur and meat. Besides, they were
unable to survive interbreeding with European dogs. They became extinct
by 1860, leaving behind three taxidermy examples.
Running of the bulls (or encierroin Spanish)
Running of the bulls (or encierroin Spanish) is another freaky adventure
sports. Basically some bulls are let loose along the town’s streets and
participants have to run in front of them. Pamplona in Spain (mentioned
in Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” and “Death in the Afternoon”) is
the most famous among all the encierros. Bollywood film ‘Zindagi Na
Milengi Dobara’ had featured shots of Pamplona that garnered praises as
well as criticisms. ‘Bull running’ has been for long engulfed in heated
debates between animal right activists – most notably by Peta who
organised a mock demonstration ‘running of the nudes’ every year to
oppose the game – and sports lovers. This apart around 300 people are
injured and several killed in ‘bull running’ annually.
The Cockroach Hall of Fame Museum
The Cockroach Hall of Fame Museum was founded by an exterminator,
Michael Bohdan. He had begun the exhibition in his shop at Plano, Texas.
Bohdan innovative idea of dressing dead cockroaches as celebrities and
historical figures made the place quiet famous. In the 1980s Bohdan had
held a contest to find the biggest cockroach in Dallas, America. Later
he was made the judge of a cockroach fashion contests which was a
promotional stunt for an insecticide company. He even appeared in ‘The
Tonight Show’. If you ever visit the ‘Cockroach Hall’ makes sure to
catch the white-caped cockroach sitting by a piano, entitled
“Liberoachi.”
Kiefer Sutherland
You may think, with so many celebrities drunk driving so often, why
Kiefer Sutherland has made it so high on the list of 10 Celebrities with
Criminal Records. The truth is that Sutherland has been dealing with
alcohol addiction for years and has bravely admitted it publicly. His
openness and his will to defeat his demons are admirable but he hasn’t
been very successful. Over the span of two decades he has been arrested
four times (1989, 1993, 2004 and 2007) for DUI. Altogether, has served a
total penalty of 48 days in prison.
Source. Wonderlist.
Source. Wonderlist.
Mrs Dora Bloch with her granddaughter, Dora Bloch
circa 1975, A family picture showing Mrs Dora Bloch with her
granddaughter, Dora Bloch, in her 70's, was a passenger on an Air France
plane hijacked to Entebbe Airport, Kampala, due to being taken ill she
went to hospital, and after Israeli special forces freed the hostages in
the famous Entebbe raid (July 1976), she was left behind, It is thought
she may have been murdered by officers in the forces of President Idi
Amin (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty Images)
Robert Morris
A graduate student at Cornell University, Robert Morris developed the first computer worm.
According to his own statements, he wanted to capture the size of the
Internet. After he set the software on November 2, 1988 free, he
infected 6,000 computers -which were then about 10 percent of
Internet-connected computers.
Due to a
programming error, the worm multiplied excessively and made sure that
many computers were overloaded. 1989, Morris was the first to be
convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.
Willie Francis
At the age of 16 Willie Francis became
the first incident of a failed execution by electrocution in the United
States. On murdering his employer – a pharmacy owner – Francis was
convicted and sentenced to death by the electric chair. On administering
a lethal surge of electricity, witnesses report that they had heard the
boy scream “Take it off! Take it off! Let me breathe! “. Another report
claimed him saying “I’m n-not dying!” The executioners were left
flabbergasted. It was later discovered that the electric chair failed to
kill Willie Francis because it was improperly set up by a prison guard
who was drunk at the time.
So Willie
was allowed to live but only for a year, after which he was executed on
another electrical chair which was not set up by a drunk.
Zoleykhah Kadkhoda
In Iran a young woman named Zoleykhah Kadkhoda was charged of adultery
and sentenced to death by stoning. Kadkhoda was buried up to her waist
but soon after the stoning began there was a sharp disapproving reaction
from the villagers. Never-the-less the stoning went on and by the time
it stopped Kadkhoda was thought to be dead and her corpse was taken to
the morgue. Arriving there, they soon discovered that she was breathing
and was rushed to the hospital. Zoleykhah Kadkhoda survived that day to
tell her story.
Feb 1, 1968. VIETNAM
The Photograph That Ended a War But Ruined a Life. Feb 1, 1968. There
were a lot of pictures taken during the Vietnam War-those of burning
monks, fallen soldiers and whirling helicopters. But this picture by
Eddie Adams is the one that defined the conflict and changed history.
Adams won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and a World
Press Photo award for the photograph, this shows General Nguyen Ngoc
Loan of the South Vietnamese Army about to kill the captain of a
Vietcong squad at point-blank range. The photograph came to symbolize
the brutality and harsh reality of the Vietnam War that was often
shielded from Americans in the media and galvanized a worldwide anti-war
movement. Adams felt so bad for Loan that he apologized for having
taken the photo at all, admitting, “The general killed the Vietcong; I
killed the general with my camera.”
Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975.
As king, he is credited with rescuing the country’s finances and
implementing a policy of modernization and reform, while his main
foreign policy themes were pan-Islamism, anti-Communism, and
pro-Palestinian nationalism. He successfully stabilized the kingdom’s
bureaucracy and his reign had significant popularity among Saudis. On 25
March 1975, King Faisal was shot point-blank and killed by his
half-brother’s son, Faisal bin Musaid, who had just come back from the
United States. The murder occurred at a majlis. In the waiting room,
Prince Faisal talked to Kuwaiti representatives who were also waiting to
meet King Faisal. When the Prince went to embrace him, King Faisal
leaned to kiss his nephew in accordance with Saudi culture. At that
instant, Prince Faisal took out a pistol and shot him.
Source: Wonderlist.
Source: Wonderlist.
Jon and Robert
Jon and Robert found a little boy – James Bulger, waiting for his mother
and the idea of the little boy getting knocked over by a vehicle
thrilled them. They took the little boy and started walking while
punching, kicking him all the way. They picked little James up and
dropped him on his head. Then they took him to the local railway and
flung paint in his left eye beat him with bricks, and hit him with an
iron bar and finally laid James’s body on the railroad track. James
reportedly died sometime before the train hit him.
You are permitted to own Black powder cannons in U.S
You are permitted to own Black powder
cannons in U.S.. They are legal under Federal Regulations, because they
are manufactured before 1898 and are not capable of firing fixed
ammunition. They’re replicas and thereof are antiques and not subject to
the provisions of either the Gun Control Act of 1968 or the National
Firearms Act of 1934.
You can
purchase black powder directly from a licensed explosive dealer and you
do not even need to be registered with the government. You can buy it
online for around $3,000.
Source: WONDERLIST
William Robinson
William Robinson was a famous magician of America who garnered
international repute for his stage character, Chung Ling Soo. He used to
play the role of a Chinese conjurer on and off the stage. Chung’s life
came to an end during the performance of his aptly titled act,
“Condemned to Death by the Boxers”. This was a bullet-catch trick. On
March 23, 1918, Chung unluckily fired a real bullet which got lodged in
his chest. He died on the spot.
Felicien Kabuga
Felicien Kabuga is accused of extremist genocide and is supposedly
hiding in Kenya. He is wanted for his crimes against humanity and his
connection with the 100 days of terror that resulted in 800,000 Rwandan
deaths.
THEIR DEATH SPARKED THE 1ST WORLD WAR
Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and
Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia) with his wife on the day they
were assassinated in 1914, an event that helped spark World War I.
A dish from Thailand
A dish from Thailand, The bat paste is a wonderful work of art, as the
procedure involves chucking a whole bat into water and boiling it to
softness. Then, it is mashed into a paste with herbs, and just like
that, your bat paste is all ready for you. The bat soup of Palau
Islands, a United States Associated State, serves the bat whole in the
soup, fur and all, and you can enjoy it while the fuzzy little head
stares at you. This dish could kill you, or just make you ill, since
bats are well known for carrying a whole lot of diseases in their
bodies. But then again, this was supposed to be an adventure.
Source: Wonderlist.com
Source: Wonderlist.com
Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984
In December 1984, gas leaking from the Union Carbide India Limited
storage tank killed as many as 15,000 and injured 558,125 people in
Bhopal. This massive environmental and human disaster was a result of
ignorance in standard safety and maintenance procedures. Bartholomew
while documenting the catastrophe came across a man who was burying a
child.
SOURCE: Photographer: Pablo Bartholomew
SOURCE: Photographer: Pablo Bartholomew
BANGKOK THAILAND 1976
Neal Ulevich is an American photographer who won a Pulitzer Prize in
1977 for capturing “disorder and brutality in the streets of Bangkok.”
In 1976 the worsening political situation in Thailand culminated into
violent confrontation at The Thammasat University. Several students who
were demonstrating against dictatorial Field Marshall Thanom
Kittikachorn’s plan of returning into the country, were shot, beaten,
hanged, mutilated and even burnt to death.
Friday, 28 November 2014
JOHN LENNON SHOWS PITY FOR BIAFRA WAR DEATHS IN NIGERIA
Om this day 26th October, 1965, The Beatles went to Buckingham Palace to be presented with their MBE's by Queen Elizabeth II. Four years later, John Lennon sent back his MBE, stating that he was returning the award to protest against British involvement in Biafra, Nigeria and Vietnam
Source: WBLI.COM
AWESOME AFRICAN PHOTO
Pineapple bike: A man carries pineapples on his bicycle to offload at the market, Kampala, Uganda. (Photography by rob gipm...
Miss E.A Adebonojo
Miss E.A Adebonojo, a Nigerian Student Studying At University Of London Geography class at Marlborough Senior Girls SchoolIslesworth 1946.
Source: IWM.Org check out that map More Vintage Nigerian photos
WOLE SOYINKA @ HOME 1975
Wole Soyinka at home 1975...If you haven't had occasion to see his plays, as I haven't, you can still get a measure of the man's greatness in an interview he has with Studs Terkel. It's on the Terkel's "Voices of Our Time CD." Or...just look him up on YouTube.
Sourced from: NIGERIANOSTALGIA.
Saartji Baartman from Southern Africa
Saartji Baartman from Southern Africa was cruelly exploited in Europe. She became known as the "Hottentot Venus". Her body was displayed like an animal and mutilated after death to examine and differentiate the white and black races.
HISTORY OF LIBERIA
Liberia. Old presidential executive mansion. Liberia is the only country in Africa founded by United States colonization while occupied by native Africans. Beginning in 1820, the region was colonized by blacks from the United States, most of whom were freed slaves. These immigrants established a new country with the help of the American Colonization Society, a private organization whose leaders thought former slaves would have greater opportunity in Africa.
PRINCE PHILIP ROYAL TOUR OF NIGERIA 1956.
A picture of Prince Philip in 1956 surveying an open pit tin mine during the ROYAL TOUR OF NIGERIA. Looking at a vast amount of resources to be tapped and used for the benefit of the united kingdom. Unfortunately for him Nigeria gained its independence four years later.
Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII
This is Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII who became the ‘Amanyanabo’ (King) of Brass, Nigeria 1889. Source: Vintage Nigeria
Photo taken in Southern Nigeria during The Aro Punitive Expedition 1901.
Photo taken in Southern Nigeria during The Aro Punitive Expedition 1901. The Anglo–Aro War (1901–1902) was a conflict between the Aro Confederacy in present day Eastern Nigeria, and the British Empire. The war began after increasing tension between Aro leaders and British colonialists after years of failed negotiations.
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