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- 3861: Henry VII
- ... I think it will snow tomorrow if not tonight. The gardeners are cleaning up the lawn and weeding the gardens. The musicians and choristers of the court are practicing and performing down stairs in the big hall. I am worried and concerned for I believe the Duke of Norfolk and his son, the Earl of Surrey, it appears, have been dabbling in treason. They are a threat to Prince Edward, the ...
- 3862: Harry Elmer Barnes
- ... controversial volumes. Published volumes are being consigned to sanctioned burnings by the "firemen." Around the world, news of immolations like Elstner's are blacked out. We are supposed to occupy our minds with sports on big-screen TV's, video arcades, fast food, cellular telephones to occupy our minds while traveling, lap top computers and even on-flight computer games. Computerized "chat rooms" that enable us to "speak" to faceless strangers ...
- 3863: Hannibal
- ... Roman injustice back on Rome a hundred fold. For Carthage to take the town of Sagunto was completely within the rights of the Carthage and the treaty but Rome at the time was getting too big and becoming very imperialistic. All Rome could see was that they had to have all of the Mediterranean and the only thing that stood in their way was a single General and his men. The ...
- 3864: George C. Wallace
- ... the schoolhouse door" to block two black students from enrolling at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Wallace fearing significant jail time for defying the federal courts backed off. He then made another speech denouncing "Big-government." His views drew much criticism from northern politicians and officials. Another tense moment was the nationally publicized fire house and police dog incidents in Birmingham. The Civil Rights movement intensified while Wallace tried to ...
- 3865: Franz Joseph Haydn
- ... dynamics to keep his audience occupied. One of the most important, maybe the most, characteristics of the Classical Period was that it was secular music. Unlike Baroque style which focused on religious themes and having big concerts in churches, Classical music grasped the interest of the aristocrats/nobles and many demanded private performances. Haydn spent much of his life under the employment of such a noble who demanded music of all ...
- 3866: Fidal Castro
- ... head of the National Bank,and known anti-American, seized all three major oil company refineries and began producing all the Soviet crude,not just the 50% they had earlier bargained for. This was a big victory and a stepping stone towards increasing the soon to be controversial alliance with Russia. On July 6, a week after the intervention of the refineries, President Eisenhower announced that the balance of Cuba's ...
- 3867: Elizabeth Blackwell
- ... in the family. Since women couldn't become Doctors their were few around. Many women would lose their babies because there was no medicine around. This happened to Elizabeth's mom. Her parents wanted a big family but almost every time her mom gave birth she would lose the baby. This made made Elizabeth sad. Elizabeth was determined that when she grew up she would become a doctor, so that she ...
- 3868: Duke Ellington
- ... also placed instruments in unusual combinations, illustrated in the piece "Mood Indigo" (1930). When the orchestra performs this piece, three soloists stand out in front of the stage, playing three different instruments. Improvisation was a big part of Ellington’s music. One of Ellington orchestra’s signature tunes is "Take the ‘A’ Train" (1941). This piece was not written by Ellington but by American composer Billy Strayhorn, who became Ellington’s ...
- 3869: Christopher Reeve
- ... films, and 12 or so television movies and one hundred and fifty or more plays. With him, it was not about he money. That may be what makes him so great. He turned down many big money roles to play in small films, which of course paid small or no paychecks. Over the years Reeves has been involved in many charities and causes involving the arts, kids, human rights organizations, and ...
- 3870: Christopher Columbus
- ... a people who can be made free and converted to our Holy Faith more by love thwn by force," Columbus wrote in his journal. From everything that we know thus far there isn’t a big enough reason as to why we should all of the sudden stop recognizing Columbus as the founder of our nation. Therefore, he should be given recignition of his accompishments and still be known as the ...
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