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- 9031: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... assorted American Cultural beliefs and mindsets. Roosevelt graduated from Harvard in 1880 at the age of 22. From 1881 until 1884 Roosevelt served as an influential member of the New York state assembly. After the death of his first wife in 1884, Teddy temporarily left politics and ran two cattle ranches in the Dakota Territory and lived the exhausting life of a wild west rancher. Roosevelt left ranching and remarried in ...
- 9032: Mark Twain
- ... little. He died on April 21, 1910. Twain was more than a humorist. Behind his mask of humor lay a serious view of life. Tragedy had entered his own life in the poverty and early death of his father, the loss of a daughter, and his bankruptcy. His short story, 'The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg', published in 1900, which showed greed at work in a small town, is an indication of ...
- 9033: Is it Really Bad to Disobey?
- ... May 19, 1925 and was raised in a completely different situation than Martin Luther King. He taught himself most things and received little schooling but became well known because of his determination. His dad's death was the result of the Ku Klux Klan burning his house down. Then his mother suffered a nervous breakdown and his family was split up. He was haunted by this early nightmare for most of ...
- 9034: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... Napoleon gathered the " Grand Army" of about 500,000 men. In June 1812, Napoleon endeavored on a new campaign. This was one of the worst mistakes he ever made. This would ultimately lead to the death of an entire generation of French men. Napoleon and his 500,000 men marched into Russia. Napoleon believed that after a few quick victorious battles, he would be able to convince Alexander to return to ...
- 9035: Oskar Schindler - A Saint in Disguise?
- ... Avenue of the Righteous? The answer is simple: To more than 1200 Jewish people held as prisoners in camps during World War II, Oskar Schindler and his factories are all that stood between them and death at the hands of the Nazis. Schindler's motives, even to this day, are not completely clear. As you learn about a man full of flaws just like the rest of us, I know that ...
- 9036: John Lennon
- ... of Lennons around the world participated in a ten-minute silent vigil at 2:00PM EST. (Hampton) In conclusion, On December 8th 1980, Mark David Chapman took the life of a legend. Johns death was felt all over the world by millions of his fans. I still cannot understand why anyone would have wanted to kill a man whose main goal was peace and love throughout the world. Mark ...
- 9037: John Brown
- ... or no sanity. The Northern Chronicle offers you another point of view. Think of the horrid deeds being performed in the slave states of the south. Men, women, and children being beaten and worked to death. Families being split apart, and freedom not existing for the black population. It is quite possible that John Brown was as fed up with these disgusting actions as you and your neighbors. The only difference ...
- 9038: The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... Napoleon gathered the " Grand Army" of about 500,000 men. In June 1812, Napoleon endeavored on a new campaign. This was one of the worst mistakes he ever made. This would ultimately lead to the death of an entire generation of French men. Napoleon and his 500,000 men marched into Russia. Napoleon believed that after a few quick victorious battles, he would be able to convince Alexander to return to ...
- 9039: Beethoven
- ... in C Major', 'Missa Solemnis', and other chamber music. Beethoven died in Vienna on March 26, 1827. His funeral was attended by hundreds of mourners. The bicentennial of his birth and the sesquicentennial of his death were celebrated with new performances and recordings of all of the master's works.
- 9040: Hitler - A Man of Too Much Power
- ... 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 ...
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