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- 7761: Howard Hughes-A Flying Life
- ... floor. Six months later the management wanted Hughes to leave became he occupied the most luxurious rooms. He then instructed his manager to buy the hotel. He paid twice what is was worth the next day and went into the gambling business. Howard later purchased the Sands, the Frontier, the Castaway and the tiny Silver Slipper. He bought the Silver Slipper because its well-lit rotating marquee was an annoyance to ...
- 7762: Battle of the Bulge
- ... The plan estimated four and five millions of gallons of fuel along with a fifty train loads of ammunition. Germany seemed to be spread thinly along their border. They would patrol the border during the day and go to the post at night. Some Americans thought it would be smartest to attack the Germans at breakfast and push until met resistance from the Germans, but it was thought to be a ...
- 7763: The Aborigines
- ... if the rain is far. The scientist was doubting because it was right in the middle of the dry season and the rains werent to come for months but sure enough on the fourth day it rained and filled all the rock holes and they had enough water to get all the back to the base camp and then go home.
- 7764: Russian Revolution
- ... protests turned into mass demonstrations. The army refused to fire on the demonstrators. A Soviet (or council) of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies was elected, and it formed the provisional government on March 14. The next day Nicholas abdicated. The provisional government was a coalition of factions representing divergent points of view. Some wanted withdrawal from the war and immediate economic reforms, with guarantees of political liberty. Others, including Kerensky, wanted to ...
- 7765: The French Revolution
- ... destroyed tax records, showing that they will never pay any taxes, fines or dues ever again. These events forced Louis to summon the National Assembly on August 4th. They people discussed possible reforms. On this day, the National Assembly ended serfdom. Towards the end of August, the National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man. It stated that democratic principles would be the basis for French government. The job ...
- 7766: World War I
- ... ENTIRE war, so lets skip ahead to the end, and the Treaty of Versailles..... Finally, in 1919, conflict ended. Germany was the last Central Power to surrender, giving up its Navy on the same day that it signed for peace. The Versailles Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles included 32 nations and 3/4 of the worlds population. Led by the Big Four (the Prime Ministers of England ...
- 7767: The Treaty of Trianon
- ... minorities and their status, was not only unsolved, but worsened. This only led to deeper resentment and more grievances. This seems to be one of the core issues in East Central Europe even to this day. When will everybody learn that the minority problem cannot be solved by redrawn borders, local wars, population exchange, forced resettlement, or genocide. Each one of these acts violates human rights, and every attempt creates new ...
- 7768: The Ice Age
- ... do anything like make clothes out of different materials and those are the people who did not survive it. They didn't have the technology and transportation and things that we have now in modern day. They did not have like Jeep Grand Cherokees or any other kind of vehicle or even any kind of boat that would make it across the oceans. The Ice Age and all its hardships were ...
- 7769: The French Revolution
- ... success. Napoleon allied with two directors in the Directory and with his btoher Lucien, who was president of the Council of Five Hundred, and assembly under the Directory. On Nov. 9, 1799, in the Coup d'Etat de Brumaire he overthrewthe government. A forn of government modeled on the old Roman type was set up. Napoleon was elected first consul for ten years. By 1804 Napolean assumed the title of emperor ...
- 7770: The Elizabethan Age
- ... they performed acts that were completely against their religious instruction for example, the players performed on Lent and on the Sabbath when the Bible directly states that this should not be done. "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it Holy
On it you shall not do any work" (Exodus 20:8-10). The men also wore women's clothing, which is also bad according to the Bible. "A woman must not ...
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