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- 3971: Frank Sinatra
- ... starred in several movies, including Ocean’s Eleven, Sergeants Three, and Robin and the Seven Hoods. The Rat Pack first gained fame with their work for JFK's presidential campaign. Sinatra and the others were big supporters of the campaign, doing publicity and photo shoots. When you here the name Frank Sinatra most people think of the Mafia. Frank was first linked to the Mafia in 1947 in a column report ...
- 3972: Billy Sunday
- ... Iowa, and he had never seen a city larger than Des Moines (Dorsett 18). Within an hour of arrival the small-town Iowan felt the anxiety and self-consciousness of a county bumpkin in the big city. He arrived at Spalding’s Sporting Goods Store, Spalding was owner of the team, just as the telegram directed. After waiting a couple of hours team members began to arrive. After a while Cap ...
- 3973: Albert Einstein
- ... part of his discoveries was the equation: E=mc2. After publishing these theories Einstein was promoted at his office. He remained at the Patents Office for another two years, but his name was becoming too big among the scientific community. In 1908, Einstein began teaching party time at the University of Berne, and the following year, at the age of thirty, he became employed full time by Zurich University. Einstein was ...
- 3974: Adolf Hitler
- ... other "enemies." In 1933 Hitler became chancellor of Germany. There were two other Nazi in the cabinet, Goering and Wilhelm Frick. Through Wilhelm Frick leadership the Nazis had control of the police. Groering organized a big army and ordered them to shoot any "enemies" on any encounter. When the dictator, Hindenburg, died, Hitler became dictator and received full power of Germany. Hitler preferred the name Fuhrer und Reichskanzer meaning "leader." With ...
- 3975: A. A. Milne
- ... Moon. This name “Moon” originated when Christopher was very young and tried to pronounce his last name. (WWW) On Christopher’s first birthday he received a teddy bear named Winnie the Pooh that was as big as he was. Over the years he got many other stuffed animals. Dorothy would sit with Christopher and give them all names and personalities. (Collier, Nakamura 1688) Some animals that Christopher had were Pooh, Piglet ...
- 3976: A.A. Milne
- ... Moon. This name “Moon” originated when Christopher was very young and tried to pronounce his last name. (WWW) On Christopher’s first birthday he received a teddy bear named Winnie the Pooh that was as big as he was. Over the years he got many other stuffed animals. Dorothy would sit with Christopher and give them all names and personalities. (Collier, Nakamura 1688) Some animals that Christopher had were Pooh, Piglet ...
- 3977: Thomas Edison
- ... at the village of Menlo Park, NJ. Now he and his two business partners could devote their full attention to inventing. Edison promised that he would build a small invention every ten days and a big invention every six months! He also said he would "take orders" for inventions. Abbott Pg. 3 They moved into the new building in March 1876. His first invention was an improvement on the telephone. Before ...
- 3978: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... was because they believed that white light from the sun was pure, when in all actuality, Newton proved wrong. Another contribution was the reflective telescope; he knew that the refractive telescope could only be so big, hence prohibiting extreme magnification. His optical studies stopped because of the Great Plague that hit in 1666. That is why he is mainly known for his mathematical discoveries and the laws of gravitation. Newton once ...
- 3979: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- ... in The Strand magazine in 1901. Conan Doyle wrote a true autobiography, Memories and Adventures in 1924. Arthur’s last published book; Edge of the Unknown, was published in 1930.22 World travel played a big role in the backgrounds for Doyle’s stories and novels. The Doyle family visited Berlin, Germany in 1890 to investigate bacteriologist Robert Koch’s claim to have possibly have found the cure for tuberculosis. In ...
- 3980: Selena
- ... nominated for a Grammy. Also, later that year she opened “Selena Ect.” Two fashion boutiques located in Texas. Her outstanding success, concerts, and now boutiques attracted many fans, including Yolanda Salvidar, who would have a big effect on Selenas life later on. Toward the very end of 1994 Selena signed a major world wide English- language crossover album recording contract. “Dreaming of You” was released in February 1995. With sales booming ...
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