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- 5861: Similarities Between Neil Armstrong and Leif Ericson
- ... a colony in Vinland. His colony consisted of 160 men and five women. They spent three years at Leif's wintering place and then decided to return home. Karlsefni's son Snorri was the first child of European descent born in North America. The colony was abandoned because of the hostility of the Eskimo. The remains found by the expedition may be those of Karlsefni's colony.
- 5862: Biography of Christopher Columbus
- ... in Lisbon. Settling there, where his brother Bartholomew Columbus was working as a cartographer, he was married in 1479 to the daughter of the governor of the island of Porto Santo. Diego Columbus, the only child of this marriage, was born in 1480. Based on information acquired during his travels, and by reading and studying charts and maps, Christopher concluded that the earth was 25 percent smaller than was previously thought ...
- 5863: Biography of Christopher Columbus
- ... in Lisbon. Settling there, where his brother Bartholomew Columbus was working as a cartographer, he was married in 1479 to the daughter of the governor of the island of Porto Santo. Diego Columbus, the only child of this marriage, was born in 1480. Based on information acquired during his travels, and by reading and studying charts and maps, Christopher concluded that the earth was 25 percent smaller than was previously thought ...
- 5864: Albert Einstein from Start to Finish
- ... because he had no love for anyone but his mother who he spent all of his childhood with. He was also considered a Jeckell and Hide. Albert Einstein was considered mentally retarded as a young child. This was because he simply chose to do what he wanted to do, in terms of schoolwork. He didn't like school too well, except for Math. In his classes he daydreamed constantly because he ...
- 5865: Helen Keller
- Helen Keller Helen Keller, born in 1880 was just like any other normal child. She had two loving parents that cared for her deeply. She was a bright glowing young baby, but at the age of eighteen months old she suffered an illness. The illness that Helen got was ...
- 5866: The Baseball Life of Babe Ruth
- ... Series he batted a low average of .118. Everybody liked Ruth, including players on rival teams. He was a happy man who invited the affection of others. In many ways, he was like a big child, innocent and full of joy, playing the games he loved. Ruth's most publicized young pal was Johnny Sylvester, an 11 year old boy who was bedridden with a bone disease brought on by a ...
- 5867: Marie Curie: A Pioneering Physicist
- ... their small apartment. One new comer that the Curies didn't mind was Eve, their second daughter, born in December in 1904. Her arrival didn't disrupt the Curies research and teaching, as their first child Irene had threatened. The Curie's lust for science still lingered. In the year of 1905, Pierre was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences and became a Professor of Physics at the ...
- 5868: Biography of Arthur Clarke
- ... interesting life. Arthur was born on December 16, 1917, in Minehead, England. He was the oldest of four children. His two brothers were Frederick and Michael, and his sister's name was Mary. As a child, he enjoyed science very much. He lived on a small farm, and enjoyed frequent trips to the nearby ocean. When he was 13 years old, he constructed his own telescope, and changed a bike light ...
- 5869: Thomas Jefferson: The Man, The Myth, and The Morality
- ... old, but to criticize this is terribly presentistic. In colonial times, especially in the middle and southern colonies, girls were married off between the ages of 13 and 16; it was not considered defilement and abuse like it is today. In fact, his relationship with Hemings could actually be considered to be a positive thing for him on two fronts: Since she was 52 when he died, Jefferson obviously did not ...
- 5870: Albert Einstein from Start to Finish
- ... because he had no love for anyone but his mother who he spent all of his childhood with. He was also considered a Jeckell and Hide. Albert Einstein was considered mentally retarded as a young child. This was because he simply chose to do what he wanted to do, in terms of schoolwork. He didn't like school too well, except for Math. In his classes he daydreamed constantly because he ...
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