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- 1691: Jackie Robinson
- ... the game. The team lost 19-0. His chances at a scholarship were limited because of the rib injury. Robinson graduated from high school, and enrolled in Pasadena Junior Collage in 1937. He was in college for sports meanwhile his mother wanted him to become a doctor or lawyer. He joined the football team in 1937, but broke his ankle, and had no choice but to sit out half the season ...
- 1692: J.D. Salinger
- ... went to prep school at Valley Forge Military Academy from 1934-1936. He spent 5 months in Europe when he was 18 or 19 years old. Then, in 1937 and 1938 he studied at Ursinus College and New York University. From 1939 to 1942, he went to Columbia University where he decided to become a writer. Salinger published short story collections and one novel. His best known work, The Catcher in ...
- 1693: Henry David Thoreau
- ... completed his first book titled, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers(1849). Here, he also filled his journals with materials for his most famous piece, Walden. After he left the hut, and after college, he became a literary apprentice by writing essays and poems and by helping edit the transcendentalist journal, The Dial. When success did not come, Thoreau remained dedicated to his program of "education" through intimacy with ...
- 1694: George Washington
- ... General Charles Cornwallis. The British eventually surrendered. After the victory, Washington rejected a plan, which had support in the army, of establishing a monarchy with himself as king. In 1789, members of the first Electoral College unanimously voted George Washington as President of the United States. Washington walked unsteadily on the uncharted ground of the presidency and was unsure of himself as he began the new responsibilities of his office. He ...
- 1695: George C. Wallace
- ... Gloves bantamweight championship not once but twice. Wallace then attended the University of Alabama Law School; this was the same year his father died. Wallace was strapped for cash, so he worked his way through college by boxing professionally, waiting on tables, and driving a taxi. He received his degree in 1942 from the University. After receiving a medical discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he returned to Alabama. In ...
- 1696: Florence Nightengale
- ... care that the men received in the British Army. Nightingale therefore decided to begin a campaign to improve the quality of nursing in military hospitals. Her work resulted in the formation of the "Army Medical College" To spread her opinions on reform, Nightingale published two books, Notes on Hospital, and Notes on Nursing. Notes on Nursing became a widely popular book, which laid down the principals of nursing: careful observation and ...
- 1697: Ernest Hemmingway
- ... understand the psychological impact the war had had on him. They would never be able to comprehend what war was all about. The character of Krebs obviously represents Hemingway. Krebs, after graduating from a Methodist college in Kansas, enlisted in the Marines in 1917. He didn't return to the U.S. until years after the war. "He came back much too late." (Hemingway 115) By the time he got back ...
- 1698: Emily Dickinson
- ... against tradition. From all the jails the boys and girls Ecstatically leap,- Beloved, only afternoon That prison doesn't keep. In this poem Emily shows her feelings towards formalized schooling. Being a product of reputable college one would think that she would be in favor of this. But as her beliefs in transcendentalism grew so did her belief in individuality. Emily also went against the Church which was an extreme rarity ...
- 1699: Elizabeth Bishop Roosters
- ... Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911. She began her young life in New England, and later moved to Nova Scotia in Canada after her father died and her mother was committed. After basic education, Bishop attended Vassar College in the state of New York. Bishop met Mary McCarthy, and they worked together on a literary magazine while attending Vassar called Con Spirito. Bishop graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1934. After graduating ...
- 1700: Christopher Reeve
- ... am I doing here...right from the beginning the theater was like a home to me." At the age of 16, Reeves already had an agent. While touring the country, Chris decided to pursue a college education. And, thanks to an understanding agent was able to continue his work as a professional actor. "Scheduling gigs around my classes." By nineteen-seventy-six he was starring with Katherine Hepurn on Broadway, and ...
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