Political Affairs

Caesar, Gaius Julius Gaius Julius Caesar [2] (Classical Latin: [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs ˈjuː.lɪ.ʊs ˈkaj.sar] , [3] July 100 BC [4] – 15 March 44 BC) [5] was a Roman general, statesman, Consul and notable author of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the events...

Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas iii[›] from the Greek ἀλέξω alexo "to defend, help" + ἀνήρ aner "man"), was a king of Macedon, a state...

Хамад бин Халифа ат-Тани Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Arabic: الشيخ حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني , born 1 January 1952) has been the ruling Emir of the State of Qatar since 1995. [1] [2] Sheikh Hamad was the appointed Heir Apparent of Qatar between 1977 and 1995...

Nehru and Gandhi at the opening of the Indian National Congress, 1937. Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindustani: [ˈdʒəʋaːɦərˈlaːl ˈneːɦru] 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the...

Indira Gandhi is elected as the first female Prime Minister of India Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindustani: [ˈɪnːdɪrə ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi] ( listen); née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the third Prime Minister of India and a central figure of...

Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia having been the first. The shuttle was built by Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division...

Enterprise during a captive flight The Space Shuttle Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first Space Shuttle orbiter. It was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform test flights in the atmosphere. [1] It...

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. It follows the Salyut, Almaz, Skylab and Mir stations as the ninth space station to be inhabited. The ISS is a modular structure...

Space Shuttle Endeavour landing Space Shuttle Endeavour (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States. [1] Endeavour was the fifth and final spaceworthy...

Space Shuttle Columbia landing, completing STS-80. The mission lasted for 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes, and 18 seconds. Space Shuttle Columbia (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first spaceworthy Space Shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet....