Not even the prophetic visions of Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides, the messianic protagonist of “Dune,” could have predicted the commercial appeal of director Denis Villeneuve’s ambitious interplanetary epics. After all, when the long-in-the-works adaptation finally gained momentum in 2017, it was superheroes, not cerebral stories, that ruled the box office. Read More...
Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday, May 7 received to its camp five new defectors from the All Progressive Congress, APC. Naija News understands that the decampers including five ward chairmen and their supporters joined the opposition party in the Makurdi Local Government Area of the state. The defection ceremony held at the LGEA Primary School, Wurukum, Makurdi, was witnessed by top government officials and PDP chieftains across the state. Read More...
January 19 Calendar 379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire by Emperor Gratian 973 Pope Benedictus VI elected Sumptuary Laws 1363 English King Edward III introduces his Sumptuary Laws, restricting what people ate and wore to preserve social status (largely ignored)
Rouen Surrenders to Henry V 1419 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years' War
1492 Supplies to build Portuguese trading post Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (Elmina Castle) arrive on the Gold Coast (now Ghana), first European building south of the Sahara 1493 France cedes Roussillon & Cerdagne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona 1511 Italian city Mirandola surrenders to the French Battle of Bogesund 1520 Battle of Bogesund: Christian II of Denmark defeats the Regent of Sweden, Sten Sture the Younger who is mortally wounded Read More...