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- 2641: Lewis Latimer
- ... at the Henry Street Settlement House. He had remained extremely patriotic, participating as an officer of the famed Civil War Veterans' organization, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). In addition, he supported the civil rights activities of his era. On December 11, 1928, Lewis Howard Latimer died, leaving a remarkable legacy. His name will be forever associated with two of the most revolutionary inventions of all time: the incandescent electric ...
- 2642: Lenis, Vladimir
- ... the bottom up rather than the traditional top down (Johnson 30). Lenin wanted a society where the working class was the ruling class; a society where there is one social class, everyone has the same rights, and, eventually, there is no private property. For a short time, peasants were allowed to simply seize their former landlords land and workers to control factories (U.S.S.R. 54). Later, however, all industry ...
- 2643: Led Zeppelin
- ... right away. I said 'I've been singing for years. I'd be happy to sing anywhere.' But he had his eyes set on something I couldn't even imagine." The band was sharing the bill with Taj Mahal and Country Joe and the Fish. They arrived to find they'd been advertised only as "Supporting Act." The mission was clear--do or die--and Led Zeppelin took the stage that ...
- 2644: King Solomon
- ... that Solomon used Phoenician skill in his sea ventures, and in the construction of the magnificent temple at Jerusalem. One other note of wisdom comes from the Biblical story of two women struggling for the rights to a child. They both lived in the same house and both bore a child on the same day. When one mother lost her child, she claimed that the other child was hers. They went ...
- 2645: Karl Marx 4
- ... taken to destroy a free enterprise society: 1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. 3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance. 4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. 5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly ...
- 2646: James Cameron
- ... and they suggested that he should direct the second alien movie himself. Cameron did it on one condition, namely that Gale Anne Hurd would be brought on board as a producer. Cameron got Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn to star in the movie. Aliens was a great movie, it has great effects, a well written script and fine acting because Sigourney Weaver got an Academy Award nomination for her ...
- 2647: Jon Philip Sousa
- ... dollar a month. After the war, Sousa continued touring with his awesome band. He did great things in the name of music education and received many honorary awards and degrees. He also fought for composers' rights by testifying before Congress in 1927 and 1928. Sousa lived a long and extraordinary life. At age 77 he died after conducting a rehearsal of the Ringgold Band in Reading, Pennsylvania. The last piece he ...
- 2648: John Hancock
- ... worried him that the British were using this as an opening to acquire other trade. To him, the more important thing was the political implications. Americans were being asked to financethe destruction of their own rights. That fateful night, in which the throwing of the tea occurred, was one that will always be remembered. Before the unloading of the tea, a meeting was held, in which they decided to do, what ...
- 2649: Joan Of Arc
- ... her to be a saint. Her feast day is celebrated the day of her death, May 30. Today many authors write about Joan of Arc. Patriots, people studying the super natural, supporters of women's rights, and many more admire her.
- 2650: Jacques Louis David
- ... on the development of French -- and indeed European -- painting, and his many pupils included Gιrard, Gros, and Ingres. Jacques-Louis David: Stage Manager of the Revolution The savagery of the French Revolution, which declared the Rights of Man but turned to bloody-handed tyranny and repressive terrorism, has long puzzled historians. Among the list of causes, and one rarely remembered, Elizabeth Wilson writes, was the painter Jacques-Louis David. Today, he ...
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