In AD 1927, there was terrible rain in Gujarat. The city of Ahmedabad received an average of 30 inches of rainfall throughout the year, but 68 inches of rain fell from July 23 to July 28 that year. This caused terrible floods in Ahmedabad and 5093 houses collapsed. Because of this many people died,
Chinese pharmacist and chemist, Tu Youyou (b. 1930) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2011 for discovering artemisinin, which is used as a treatment for malaria. A medical vocation Tu Youyou was born on December 30, 1930 in Ningbo, on the east coast of China. She grew up with her four
Rasputin (photo:public domain) Grigory Rasputin A Russian peasant who claims to be an Orthodox monk, a favorite of the tsarist family. Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin was probably born in 1869, although he himself gave different dates at different stages of his life. Already in his youth, in his n
Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị, known as the Trung Sisters (? – c. 43) or Hai Bà Trưng (“the two Trung ladies”) in Vietnamese, are two Vietnamese female fighters known for repelling Chinese attacks for three years. They are considered national heroines. The spark that ignites the powder Daughters of a l