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- 1921: John Lennon
- ... was over, John met a boy named Paul McCartney. Lennon, who was impressed by McCartney’s knowledge of song lyrics and his ability to tune a guitar, asked Paul to join the band. The next day, John called up Paul to find out if Paul had accepted his offer to become the lead guitarist of the Quarrymen. Paul agreed. (Mellers) The Quarrymen were being pressured to change the name of the ... the name “The Beatles” because of a dream that he had had when he was 12 years of age. He said that “ a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them ‘From this day on, you are Beatles with an ‘A’.” The Beatles played many shows at The Cavern Club. This is where they met their future producer, Brian Epstein in 1961. In 1962, The Beatles got a record ... 9th and the 16th of February, The Beatles headlined twice on the Ed Sullivan Show. After their U.S. tour, The Beatles returned to England to start the filming of their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night. While they were filming, their song, “Can’t Buy Me Love” topped the charts in both England and the United States. (Hertsgaard) In 1966, The Beatles were not received to well by ...
- 1922: Vietnam
- ... interesting thing about the book is the way the Air Force pilots live their lives when they weren’t fighting as compared to the Marines. They lived in air-conditioned rooms. Three square meals a day, as compared to the Marines who had one ration a day (on a good day), and half a ration every other day during long battles where they could not get food into the battlefield. For Al Stafford (the main POW in Bouncing Back), however, the good life ended only ...
- 1923: American Push For Independence
- ... very slowly due to the lack of preparedness of the colonists and investors. It took sometime before the colony took off. Its first years were filled with death and famine. George Percy worte, The fourth day of September, there died Thomas Jacob, sergeant. The fifth day, there died Benjamin Beast. Our men were destroyed with cruel diseases, [such] as swellings, fluxes, burning fevers, and by wars, and some departed suddenly, but for the most part they died of mere famine. There ... rich lived a life based on status and socializing. They owned land and had slaves to work their property. That was the attainable sought after lifestyle of Virginia colonists. The poor farmers hoped to one day reach that kind of lifestyle. It would become the Southern way. William Byrd wrote in his secret diary, [January] 17. [1712 ] I rose about 7 o clock and read a chapter in Hebrew and ...
- 1924: Prisoners Of War
- ... one wanted to go to war, but for those men who did, and for those who survived as POWs will always regret it. The Prisoners of War were kept in concentration camps, where it was day to day constant dying and suffering and separation of the family with unconditional weather. 1 They had no real shelter, and kept busy by working, and the odd time even got a chance to play baseball, soccer ... to defend us. 4 It is a life no one wants to encounter, and we pray no one does, and we remember how they were abused and how they suffered to protect us. This special day is called Remembrance Day and is celebrated the eleventh day of the eleventh month. BIBLIOGRAPHY WORLD WAR II, "Prisoners" Marshall Cavendish Ltd, New York, Vol VIII. 940.53 WORLD WAR II, "Prisoners of War" ...
- 1925: Return Of The Native Summary
- ... roving eye which has been caught by the innocent simplicity of Thomasin Yeobright. She is not one to be trifled with, and he has asked her to marry him; but at church on the wedding day, whether by his intent, or by his mistake, the license proves invalid. Eustacia is overjoyed at the news, thinking Wildeve is so much in love with her that he cannot marry another. Thomasin Yeobright, however ... thinking she was cast off by her son, as a neighbor boy reports. He blindly blames himself and will not be comforted. Finally he learns that it all happened while he was taking his mid-day nap. Eustacia has a visitor with her and, thinking Clym had roused to answer his mother's knock, had not gone to the door. Clym demands to know who the visitor was. Eustacia will not ... She arranges to go to Mrs. Yeobright's party with the mummers, disguised as the Turkish Knight. 5. The actual production of the Mummers' Play, St. George and the Turkish Knight, parallels the Guy Fawkes Day celebration as a custom of the country. 6. Eustacia, at the party, has her opportunity to see Clym. Now it is his turn to be lured by a voice - the voice of the Turkish ...
- 1926: Nursing Homes and The Lutheran Home for the Aging
- ... members, age 65 and over. The founders of the Home did more than provide a place to live for the Aging. They founded a tradition of excellence and quality care that continues even to this day. The mission of the home is to "take a leadership role in resident satisfaction by providing superior services in a Christian atmosphere that meet or exceed the expectations of each resident and his or her ... Home for the Aging" 1). Through the years, with renovations and expansions, the facility has evolved into a nursing facility providing skilled nursing care and related therapeutic care to all the residents 24 hours a day. The Lutheran Home for the Aging is a non-profit organization and is a recognized service organization of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. The Home is governed by The Board of Directors, which consists of ... Lutheran Home for the Aging has a cat, iguana, several parakeets, and a Golden Retriever named Pawlet that s hare the home with the residents. There is also an Intergenerational Program that involves the Child Day Care facility located within the Home for the Aging. The child day care was built in 1991 and consists mainly of employees children, but is also open to the public when space is available. ...
- 1927: Bill Gates
- ... the allure this machine would have for a hand full of young students. Bill Gates and a few other Lakeside students immediately became inseparable from the computer. They would stay in the computer room all day and night, writing programs, reading computer literature and anything else they could to learn about computing. Soon Gates and the others started running into problems with the faculty. Their homework was being turned in late ... could not refuse. Gates is quoted as saying, "It was when we got free time at C-cubed (Computer Center Corporation) that we really got into computers. I mean, then I became hardcore. It was day and night" (Wallace p. 30). Although the group was hired just to find bugs, they also read any computer-related material that the day shift had left behind. The young hackers would even pick employees for new information. It was here that Gates and Allen really began to develop the talents that would lead to the formation of ...
- 1928: Martin Luther King's Life
- ... would find another source of transportation." Don't ride the bus to work, to town, to school or anywhere on Monday. If you work take a cab or share a ride, walk"(1) The first day of the 381 day protest the boycott got overwhelming support, all the busses were empty people were walking miles and many were hitchhiking. About 75% of the Montgomery Bus Company customers were black so this was a shock and ... wrote his believes. The letter was a powerful argument, from what the Birmingham was announced. This Demonstration forced the white leaders to negotiate and end to some form segregation. "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, that all men all men created equal"(4) The march on Washington was a powerful protest. Over 250 000 white ...
- 1929: The Black Death
- ... nest to us has also fallen ill. After this news hit I was in great panic. With out my family I was nothing. There was no point in living. On the dawn of the following day I say a beautiful sunrise on a beautiful day. If I had known that this was the last day I would have a completely healthy family again I would have paid a little more attention to it. I would have appreciated everything a little more. Bruce was arguing with Amy about the fact ...
- 1930: Compare And Contrast Once Upon
- "Compare and Contrast "Once Upon a Time" and "The Rocking Horse Winner" There are similarities and differences between Nadine Gordimer's "Once Upon a Time" and D. H. Lawrence's "The Rocking Horse Winner." Both works take the reader on an emotional journey that deliver a social message with an impact. The authors' investigate fear, a mother/child relationship as well as ... tragedy unfolds and everyone is left searching for answers. The tale draws a clear parallel to a child shot by the family gun, or attacked by a guard dog purchased to protect property. In contrast, D. H. Lawrence assesses the entrapments of gambling. He profiles a boy obsessed with winning at the horse track in order to please his mother. Fear, in this story, resides in the boy's mind, as ... sharply to the resolution. In fact, the resolution occurs so late that the reader is left probing for his or her own deductions. On the other hand, the writers display different styles in character development. D. H. Lawrence develops the gardener as a dynamic individual while Ms. Gordimer prefers to leave the serfs as flat characters. The added dialog from these characters in "The Rocking Horse Winner" adds depth and ...
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