The 19th FIFA World Cup tournament in history starts tomorrow in South Africa and the whole country is feeling the hype surrounding the biggest sporting event in the world. Brace yourselves for a full month of football madness. Yesterday more than 180,000 fans lined the ...
Tag Archive: History
10 Facts: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization in North Africa. It's a subject that has always fascinated me. For this reason it has been selected as the 10 facts topic on Running Wolf's Rant today. Watch this space for regular updates in the Facts category of the ...
1995 Springbok Rugby World Cup Victory
I recently watched Invictus (a film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Matt Damon & Morgan Freeman). The film brought back memories of the 1995 Rugby World Cup (which was held in South Africa). I have fond memories of this time. The "Rainbow Nation" was still a new concept back then. South Africa was still ...
20 Facts: The Year 1972
1972 was an interesting year. I was only born in 1977 so I have no recollection of this year personally but I've read up a lot about this year in history. The 20th Century was definately one of the most interesting ones (in my opinion). ...
20 Facts: The Year 1971
1971 was an interesting year. I was only born 6 years later though so I have no recollection whatsoever of this year. I will be featuring a year from the 20th Century every now and then on Running Wolf's Rant. History is one of my ...
Movie Trailers: Robin Hood (2010)
Finally, a new movie by director Ridley Scott (who has directed many films including Alien in 1979, Blade Runner in 1982, Black Rain in 1989, Gladiator in 2000, Black Hawk Down in 2001, Kingdom of Heaven in 2005, American Gangster in 2007 and Body of ...
20 Facts: The Year 1978
It's hard to believe that 32 years have passed since the year 1978. I was one year old back then, so I do not have much recollection of this period in my mind. But this doesn't mean that we shouldn't explore the notable events of ...
Quotes – Part 18 – History
It's a shame that there aren't that many people these days who are interested in history, especially the younger generation. Most of them are not interested on the course of events that has made the world what it is today. How would you know where you are going when you don't know where you've come ...
Quotes – Part 8 – Historical Figures
Now it's time for some more sayings from some famous folks. I haven't really covered historical figures on my blog, so I was thinking that it was high time to cover some of them in my quotes section. History was one of my favorite subjects in school, so I've always had an interest in it. ...
