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- 6551: Capone
- ... work, Capone survived and so did many others, the deaths suprisingly scarce. Since 2 years after O’bannons murder, 12 attempts to assassinate Capone were made. And when Torrio returned, he was almost shot to death. The man who had been giving Capone the most trouble was George “bugs” Moran. Moran Took over Obanion’s gang after the murder of Dion. Capone planned an assassination for Moran. To keep himself out ...
- 6552: Charlemagne
- ... the cathedral at Aachen there is a large monument, which stands in loyalty to Charlemagne for his religious devotion. Charlemagne built and was buried in the cathedral in Aachen. At the time of Charlemagne’s death in 814 A.D. only one of his three sons, Louis, was alive. Louis had a weak ruling after his father, which brought on many civil wars and rebellions. Charlemagne brought back order to Western ...
- 6553: Catherine The Great
- ... and soon became the granary of Europe. Catherine also participated in the partitions of Poland (1772, 1792, and 1795), bringing a large part of that country under Russian rule. By the time of Catherine's death (Nov. 17, 1796), modern Russian society was organized and its culture had struck firm roots. Russia was also playing a determining role in world affairs. Bibliography: Alexander, John T., Catherine the Great: Life and Legend ...
- 6554: Cleopatra
- ... stayed in Rome until his assassination 44 BC. He was killed by Brutus and Cassius. It was rumored later that Cleopatra helped the Caesarian party to assassin Caesar. But her world was shattered after his death. When she was just fourteen years old she met Marc Antony for the first time. When she met him later in life she saw him as an opportunity for power and fame. She used her ...
- 6555: Comparison And Contrast Of Was
- ... movements in the hollow coffin. I heard them—many, many days ago—yet I dared now—I dared not speak! And now—tonight—Ethelred—ha! ha!—the breaking of the hermit’s door, and the death-cry of the dragon, and the clangor of the shield!—say, rather, the rending of her coffin, and the grating of the iron hinges of her prison, and her struggles within the coppered archway of ...
- 6556: Czar Nicholas II
- ... God-given right. To give up any part of it would go against the traditions of his country and religion. This belief, though seemingly right at the time, would later have a part in the death of his reign. Czar Nicholas II was short, only about five foot six inches tall. His other relatives seemed to tower above him. Though he worked out in his private gym daily, he would always ...
- 6557: Hannibal
- ... Hannibal was professed to be evil and all that a Roman was not; and therefore daunting task of slaying Goliath fell in the good hands of Rome. The name Hannibal conjures up similar images of death and destruction for the Romans that Adolf Hitler would to our Civilization. Hannibal’s name became synonymous with the stereotype that Rome had of the Carthaginian perfidy. And it was this that Rome never wanted ...
- 6558: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... would be the abandonment by his father. He would grow never knowing who his real father was. His father had left his family when Edgar was only an infant. The next misfortune would be the death of his mother when he was three. There was yet another factor that would shape him throughout his lifetime. He would also come how from his studies in England to find that his sweetheart from ...
- 6559: Nelson Mandela
- ... and loved hero. Nelson Mandela was born in a village near Umtata in the Transkei on July 18, 1918. His father was the principal councilor to the Acting Paramount Chief of Thembuland. After his fathers death, the young Rolihlahla became the Paramount Chiefs ward to be groomed to assume high office. However, influenced by the cases that came before the Chief s court, he was determined to become a lawyer. Hearing ...
- 6560: Napolean
- ... withdrew their support. Napoleon fled to Rochefort, where he surrendered to the captain of the British battleship. He was then exiled to a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean, where he remained until his death from stomach cancer on May 5, 1821.
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