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- 3851: Marilyn Monroe 2
- ... their names and placed their hands and feet in the wet cement in front of the Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard...the same place she had visited with Gladys and Grace years earlier as a child. Fox suspended Marilyn in 1954 for failure to appear on the set of "Pink Tights". The studio had refused to let her look at the script prior to accepting the part. She felt that due ...
- 3852: Malcolm X 4
- ... in his new found faith in Allah. The autobiography also shows how Malcolm sees the true light of the Muslim religion with his pilgrimage to Mecca. At first Malcolm grows up as a typical black child, but soon his life changes with some of the most terrible things that can happen to a young boy. I think one of the most influential things that happened to Malcolm is when his father ...
- 3853: Mickey Mantle
- ... played in 12 of his 18 career years in the World Serieswith the Yankee's. When Mickey Mantle was growing up, he was small, and spindly. His nickname was "little Mick" when he was a child. Mantle went to Commerce grade school. When Mickey was little, he always thought about baseball (Falkner 21). His parents bought baseball gloves for him, but his mom made his uniforms. When he started playing he ...
- 3854: Michael Collins
- ... Collins was to recall that, "In Denis Lyons and James Santry I had my first tutors capable of, because of their personalities alone, infusing into me pride of the Irish as a race." As a child Michael also read widely. He was familiar with Shakespeare and the great novelists of the 19th century. Every week he read the nationalist newspapers "The Freeman's Weekly" and "The Leader". When only 11 years ...
- 3855: Martin Luther The Great Reformer
- ... This book also speaks of all the trails and misunderstandings that Martin Luther had throughout his life as a monk and the rebellion against the Roman Church. The author explains Martin's life as a child who spent most of his childhood in Germany. His family was not wealthy but they were a devoted and religious people. They taught Martin about the most important thing on Earth and that is to ...
- 3856: Martin Luther King
- ... He believed in agape, a love for all men. He believed people are basically good and will change from their evil ways once they are shown and taught the difference. MLK was courteous. As a child he would, turn the other cheek , showing even then a preference for non-violence. In all that he did, Martin Luther King, Jr. was not afraid. He did not fear physical harm or what men ...
- 3857: Marcus Garvey
- ... their own nations and governments, businesses and industrial enterprises, and their own military establishments which are the same institutions by which other peoples of the world have risen to power. Marcus Gravey was the eleventh child of Marcus and Sarah Gravey. He was born in 1887 in St. Ann s Bay, a rural town on the north coast of Jamaica in the British West Indies. Garvey learnd at a young age ...
- 3858: Marcus Antonius
- ... he married Octavian's sister, Octavia to strengthen his political position in Rome. Antony left Octavia in 37 B.C. Later that year, Mark Antony reunited with Cleopatra. Antony soon married Cleopatra and had another child in 36 B.C. Antony gave many of the Roman eastern provinces to Cleopatra and their children. Octavian later convinced many Romans that Antony had behaved badly along with impatriotically. In 32 B.C. Octavian ...
- 3859: Lee De Forest
- ... to educate blacks, Lee and his brother and sister made friends from among the black children of the town and spent a happy although sternly disciplined childhood in this rural community. (Kraeuter, 74). As a child he was fascinated with machinery and was often excited when hearing of the many technological advances during the late 19th century. He began tinkering and inventing things even in high school, often trying to build ...
- 3860: Ludwig Van Beethoven
- ... service of the Elector of Köln (Cologne). His father was weak-spirited and drank excessively, but he recognized the boy's talent and was disappointed when the young Beethoven failed to emulate Mozart as a child prodigy. Nevertheless, Beethoven soon held positions as harpsichordist in the court theatre and assistant organist in the Electoral chapel, where he obtained his first lessons in composition from the court organist. During his first visit ...
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