Historical Diaries

   Human evolution is the protracted process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific evidence shows that the physical and behavioral qualities shared by all people began from apelike predecessors and developed over a time of roughly 6,000,000 years.   One of the most earliest defining human attributes, bipedalism the ability to walk on two legs evolved more than 4 million years ago. Other significant human attributes, for example, a large and complex brain, the ability to make and use tools, and the capacity with regards to language grew all the more as of late. Many propelled qualities including complex symbolic expression, art, and elaborate social diversity developed predominantly during the previous 100,000 years. WHERE DID WE COME FROM? AUSTRALOPITHECUS:   Species of the archaic human from the early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.3 - 1.65 mya. Brain capacity differed from 500-900 cc. It is the least like present day ...

     He was the first black President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013 would have turned 102 years of age today. He is mostly remembered for his lengthily detainment and anti-Apartheid work.   Here are few facts on Nelson Mandela you probably might not know:   Nelson was not his first name. Both his parents were illiterate, but being a devout Christian, his mother sent him to a local Methodist school when he was about seven. Baptized a Methodist, Mandela was given the English forename of "Nelson" by his teacher. Given the forename Rolihlahla, a Xhosa term colloquially meaning "troublemaker" in later years he became known by his clan name, Madiba.   He escaped an arranged marriage. Coming back to Mqhekezweni in December 1940, Mandela found that Jongintaba had organized marriage for him; dismayed, he fled to Johannesburg by means of Queenstown, showing up in April 1941. Mandela's mom took him to the "Great Place" royal residence at Mqhek...

• VENEZUELA INDEPENDENCE 1811   On July 5, 1811, representatives of the Venezuelan provinces met and signed a declaration of independence from the Spanish Empire. A civil war had been raging throughout the colony, and although total independence would not be achieved immediately, Venezuela was still the first Spanish American colony to declare independence.   The first government of Venezuela fell following an earthquake in the capital Caracas and a Spanish military victory. Latin American hero Simon Bolivar launched a campaign to reinstate the free republic but was also defeated. It would not be until 1823 that his efforts were finally successful, and Venezuela became an independent country known as Gran Colombia (along with modern day Colombia, Panama and Ecuador). • BBC FIRST TELEVISED BULLETIN 1954   Television news, although physically separate from its radio counterpart, was still firmly under radio news' control in the 1950s. Correspondents provided reports for...