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- 9011: Serial Killer: Ted Bundy
- ... ages of 25 - 35. Serial killers, in most cases, work alone. The murderer most often does not know his victim nor have they had any previous contact with each other. A serial killers motivation is death. He has a need to kill as others have a need for food. A serial killer can appear "normal" to neighbors and friends. Ted Bundy is known as one of the most notorious serial killers ...
- 9012: Leadership Ability of Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson
- ... his presidency. When Lyndon Johnson entered office in 1963, he had an extraordinary position to fill; the young JFK seemed to have done no wrong, and the nation was still in shock from his untimely death. Johnson, like any good leader, used this opportunity to introduce social legislation in “the memory of Kennedy”, namely the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which Kennedy had not been able to get passed. This was ...
- 9013: The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher
- ... move first to Switzerland, then to Belgium. In 1941when World War II started and German troops occupying Brussels, Escher returned to Holland and settled in Baarn, where he lived and worked until shortly before his death. His work mostly unnoticed until the 1950's. Among his first admirers were mathematicians, who saw that his work was the visualization of many mathematical principals and ideas. This was remarkable because he had never ...
- 9014: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... by it(Gray 100)." Napoleon died on the island of St. Helena in the company of a few of his friends with his secretary by his side. The immortal general had been brought to his death on May 5, 1821(Chevalier 201) in a small chateau. Napoleon had gained immortality and fame(Thompson 214). He died a hero. Despite his failures, he will always be regarded as one of the greatest ...
- 9015: Who was Adolf Hitler?
- ... killing centers were set up in various locations, where Jews were gassed with hydrogen cyanide or carbon monoxide. By the end of the war, approximately 6 million Jews had been shot, gassed, or worked to death. The fortunes of war turned irrevocably against Germany at the end of 1942 and it was all downhill from then until the end of the war in 1945. Nonetheless, the killing of the Jews continued ...
- 9016: John Gough
- ... September 6, 1766 in Cockermouth, England, son of Joseph Dalton and Deborah Greenup. John Dalton was a self-taught Experimenter, he devised artless but efficient apparatuses for his premeditated tests. He had requested before his death, an autopsy to determine the cause of his colorblindness. With kindly honors, the town of Manchester will bury John in the following week, honoring him with a monument and statue. * Over 400,000 people viewed ...
- 9017: Rosa Lee Parks
- ... Girls, a private institution. She went to Alabama State Teachers’ College for Negroes for eleven and twelth grade. She was unable to graduate because of her grandmother’s illness, Rosa Edwards. After her grandmother’s death she decided to return to school, but her mother got sick so she had to stay at home with her mother. Rosa then married Raymond Parks on December 18, 1932. He supported Rosa’s desire ...
- 9018: Gandhi and His Views
- ... to fight these injustices. The Indian citizens for example, had payments which the less fortunate had to give to the landlords. Refusing to leave the district as the court demanded, and ready to suffer the penalty no matter what it was, proved Gandhi was capable of anything and truly believed in his causes. Gandhi had been released and settled to help the peasants. Gandhi popularity and distinction increased as India found ...
- 9019: Jackie Robinson
- ... the 20th century. During the season he led the National league for stolen bases, 29. During the season he was spit on when sliding into a base, had balls thrown at his head, and received death threats. He also endured malicious catcalls and racial slurs shouted from the stands, along with unsigned letters that threatened his life if he continued to play baseball. Even with all these things going on he ...
- 9020: Joseph Stalin
- ... successor goverment . The civil war in 1918 to 1921 had a huge effect on the new regime. It led to a comprehensive nationalizationof economy to establish the virtual one-party rule (Americana). After Lenin's death, Joseph used the control of the party to destroy his opponents. By 1928, Joseph had driven this opposition from its party. By the end of 1929 Joseph was the master of the USSR (Grolier). In ...
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