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History of Social Networking

History of Social Networking

March 30, 2010 · by Big History · in Internet

A social network is characterized by a social structure based on individuals or institutions called “nodes,” operated by some specialized forms of interdependency, for example, kinship, friendship, financial transactions, aversion, sexual relationships, or commonality of beliefs, knowledge or esteem. Exploring…

History of Facebook

History of Facebook

March 30, 2010 · by Big History · in Internet

A social networking website, Facebook is privately operated and owned by Facebook, Inc. The site has been functional since September 2006; anyone over 13 having a valid e-mail address can be registered as a Facebook user. The members with Login…

History of White House

History of White House

March 30, 2010 · by Big History · in Places

White House designates the official residence and chief workplace of the President of the United States. Its design was conceived by the Irish-born architect James Hoban. Built between 1792 and 1800 largely employing white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian…

History of Golf

History of Golf

March 30, 2010 · by Big History · in Sports

Term “golf” traces its origin in the recorded accounts such as Scottish Statute, written in 1457, on forbidden games as gouf, most probably derived from the Scottish word ‘goulf’, spelled differently, with the same meaning ‘to hit or cuff’. The…

History of Rock Music

History of Rock Music

March 29, 2010 · by Big History · in Music

‘Rock’ a genre of popular music, entered the mainstream in the 1950s. It traces its origins in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, rock and roll, country music and also influenced folk music, jazz and classical music. The rock often…

History of Crime

History of Crime

March 29, 2010 · by Big History · in General

The history of crime and criminology has been proper maintained from 14th century. Since that time onward a number of theories were propounded with divergent views of their exponents who had tried to reconsider crime according to their belief and…

History of Tennis

History of Tennis

March 28, 2010 · by Big History · in Sports

Harry Gem and his friend Augurio Perera invented a game that combined involvement of rackets and the Basque ball game pelota, that they had played on Perera’s croquet lawn in Birmingham, United Kingdom. In 1872, with the help of two…

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