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- 7271: Salem Whichcraft Trials
- ... In the Salem witchcraft affair, only six men were executed as wizards. George Jacobs Sr., John Willard, John Proctor, and the Reverend George Burroughs were hanged on August 19, 1692. Giles Corey was pressed to death. Samuel Wardwell was hanged on September 1692. (17) The mass execution of eight people on September 22, 1692 marked a turning point in the witchcraft affair. The people of the town, the court and even ...
- 7272: Slavery
- ... getting off alive. Many of the slaves on board the ship also committed, or at least tried, to commit suicide by jumping off the boat. "Two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together, preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made through the netting and jumped into the sea; immediately, another quite dejected fellow, who on account of his illness, was suffered to be out of irons, also ...
- 7273: Stalin
- ... will unfortunately be drawn to Stalinism as a means to radically transform a backward or semi-backward country in a short time (see for example, Barry Rubin, Modern Dictators, New American Library, 1988). Since the death of Stalin in 1953, it is ironic that perhaps no political issue has been of greater importance to the countries of the former Soviet Union than dealing with Stalin and the system he created. As ...
- 7274: Shadow And Custodial President
- ... In 1871, President Grant appointed Arthur as Collector of the port of New York. Arthur, like Grant, was a follower of the Spoils System. He served as vice- President until the time of Garfield’s death. Upon becoming President he acted more as a status symbol than a government official. Arthur was always seen with the elite of Washington and other large cities. Congress, at the time, was also trying to ...
- 7275: Monasticism
- ... for this perfection. In Eastern religions, during this isolation, meditation is used to circumvent both the world and one’s ego. A Buddhist, Jaina, or Hindu monk will attempt to break the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (reincarnation), to escape to another kind of existence altogether, called moksha. Although, not all monks pursue salvation by separation from the world. Some, such as the Franciscans, have combined service to the poor ...
- 7276: Martin Luther King
- ... in it. Early in 1968 he traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to support a strike of Poorly paid sanitation workers. There, on April 4, he was assassinated by a sniper named, James Earl Ray. King’s death shocked the nation and was the result of a lot of rioting by blacks in many cities. He was buried in Atlanta under a monument inscribed with the final words of his famous “ I have ...
- 7277: Malcom X And Charles Sheldon
- ... him as a black that was ready to speak his mind to the world. Malcolm’s mouth got him in trouble with Elijah Muhammad and was silenced for 90 days after his comments following the death of John F. Kennedy. Malcolm was by no means a person who was out to make friends. Not only did Malcolm make the general public question his comments, but also the Black Islam community was ...
- 7278: Rock And Roll
- ... for a lot of the 60’s British Invasion. Don McLean hit the top of the charts in 1971 with his “American Pie- Parts 1&2.” It was a lengthy ballad inspired by Holly’s death. In the ballad, McLean referred to Feb 3, 1959, as the day the music died. Over the next several decades, Holly’s music would continue to be released over and over again on many other ...
- 7279: Rising And Falling Of The Berl
- ... shoot-to-kill orders. People attempted to escape by climbing, vaulting, tunneling or crashing through checkpoint. Other attempted to swim the canals or stow away in cargo shipped across the border. Unsuccessful attempts resulted in death, mostly at the hands of East German guards. Total estimations show that more than 400 people had died trying to escape from East Germany and 120 of then by shooting and 160 were killed at ...
- 7280: Roman Law
- ... family. In Conclusion the Romans had a very uncomplicated legal system and since everything was so easy to comprehend if you broke one of their laws sixty percent of the time you were sentenced to death with out thinking but other times you were just banished. Our laws came straight from out of Rome because the law system worked very well for them. Only certain aspects of their laws were not ...
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