Massacre at Tenochtitlán While Cortés was fighting Narvaez, Alvarado imprisoned two important leaders and killed several others. The tensions exploded when Alvarado ordered a massacre during the great Aztec spring festival of Huizilopochtli. Cortés returned on June 25,1520 and by June 30 the situation was desperate. The causeways were cut, the bridges taken away, and the net closed. The Spanish had no food supplies and there was an acute shortage of drinking water. Read More...
Pedro Quesada, a 49-year-old citizen of New Jersey, was the lucky winner of the $338 million Powerball jackpot.
The precise day and location of Pedro’s birth are presently unknown. Pedro Quezada gave birth to five kids, who were born between the ages of 5 and 23. Quezada left the Dominican Republic 26 years ago to look for work in the United States. His academic background’s specifics are also unknown.
Before winning the lotto in 2013, Quezada put in time in his bodega in Passaic. Read More...
HARTFORD, Conn. — For years, the brightest spotlight in gymnastics has followed Simone Biles everywhere. This weekend, the gargantuan expectations traveled with Biles here to XL Center, and under the immense pressure of an Olympic year, she delivered a spectacular performance.
As she so often does, Biles began her season with an all-around title Saturday evening at the U.S. Classic, and she secured the victory by a massive margin. Biles’s final score of 59. Read More...