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- 8971: Walt Disney
- ... opened at Anaheim, California (Selden 74) In his mid-sixties Walt was diagnosed with lung cancer, and needed an operation in order to survive. The operation was not sucessful, but Disney kept working until his death. On December 15, 1966, Walt Disney died just ten days after his 65th birthday. The majic which Disney produced so many years ago still remains today. His theme parks are thought of today by millions ...
- 8972: Clara Barton
- ... and remained active. She did things such as riding her horses. However, she always stayed on top of the news and current events. Clara Barton passed away on April 12, 1912. The cause of her death was complications of a cold. She lived a long and fruitful life. We can still see the effects of her hard work today. Clara Barton is and will forever be an important historic figure.
- 8973: Robert Schumann
- ... to move. He soon became apathetic (Sadie 848). He became sick with depression and was affected by this most of his life (Stanley 147). In 1833 he became “deeply melancholic” as a result of the death of Rosalie, his sister-in-law. He even attempted suicide by trying to jump out of a “fourth-floor window” (Sadie 834-835). Schumann eventually fell in love with the daughter of his piano teacher ...
- 8974: Elvis Presley
- ... and his appearances on television and in live concerts made the young singer into a one-man industry who by the middle of the 60s was the highest-paid performer in show business history. His death in 1977 in no way diminished his popularity with his fans. His records continued to sell, and his legend brought on a whole generation of imitators. Elvis Aron Presley was born on Jan. 8, 1935 ...
- 8975: Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Barrier
- ... Brooklyn organization. Rickey singed Robinson to a Minor League deal in 1945. Jackie’s biggest challenge would be to overcome racial issues sought toward him without acting out with everybody looking at him. Jackie had death threats, racial slur’s, and people wanting to seriously take him out of the game of baseball. (Rampersad Arnold p. 176) In 1947 Rickey called up Jackie to compete on a Major League level and ...
- 8976: John Fitzgerald Kennedy and His Accomplishments in Office
- ... explanation that satisfies everyone’s beliefs. Almost any American born before the late 50’s can recall where he or she was the day that J.F.K. died. Why is that? Why was the death of John F. Kennedy so impacting? Was it because he envisioned all the hopes of the United States rising from it’s troubled past? Or maybe it was attributed to a man who, in only ...
- 8977: Euclid
- ... he is known as the father of geometry and is considered one of the great Greek mathematicians. Very little is known about the life of Euclid. Both the dates and places of his birth and death are unknown. It is believed that he was educated at Plato's academy in Athens and stayed there until he was invited by Ptolemy I to teach at his newly founded university in Alexandria. There ...
- 8978: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... Countryside. After a slow start, The Pickwick Papers as the book was usually called gained a popularity seldom matched in the history of literature. Then in 1837, Catherine's sister Mary, died. Because of her death Dickens' suffered a lot of grief. This led some scholars to believe that Dickens loved Mary more than Catherine. Catherine was a good woman but she lacked intelligence. Dickens and Catherine had 10 children. Then ...
- 8979: Johannes Brahms
- ... simple middle classed citizen, and enjoyed fairly good health until the last years of his life. He died from cancer of the liver. The appreciation of Brahms in the music world grew much after his death. In 1906, Berlin founded the Deutsche Brahmsgesellschaft, with the aim of publishing books about Brahms. Many Brahms societies were also formed in other German and Austrian cities. In the United States, the music of Brahms ...
- 8980: William Faulkner
- ... wrote about family and the traditions of the South. It is in the story “A Rose for Emily” that William Faulkner writes about a Southern aristocratic woman named Miss Emily. The story begins with the death of Miss Emily. The whole town turns out to attend the funeral of the “fallen monument” (26), as described in the story. At this point, it is unclear who is actually telling the story about ...
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