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- 9191: The Life of John F. Kennedy
- ... B. Johnson and his wife to Dallas, Texas. There, while in a motorcade going through the streets of Dallas, he was shot by an assumed gunman by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald. After his death in Dallas, Johnson was sworn in as President of the United States, on the plane back to Washington. Kennedy's funeral was held on November 25, 1963 where he was then buried in Arlington National ...
- 9192: Edward James Hughes
- ... poet whose work is frequently associated with Hughes's as marking a new turn in English verse), was published in 1962. Then Hughes stopped writing almost completely for nearly three years following Sylvia Plath's death in 1963 (the couple had separated earlier), but thereafter he published prolifically, often in collaboration with photographers and illustrators. The volumes of poetry that succeeded Selected Poems include Wodwo (1967), Crow (1970), Season Songs (1974 ...
- 9193: Sir Issac Newton
- ... Astronomer Royal of England, John Flamsteed. Newton needed these observations to perfect his Lunar theory. Newton also compiled the book of evidence that the society published. The effects of the quarrel lingered nearly until his death in 1727. In addition to science, Newton also showed an interest in Alchemy, Mysticism, and Theology. Many pages of his notes and writing-particularly from the later years of his career are devoted to these ...
- 9194: Rene Descartes
- ... In 1649, Descartes was invited to the court of Queen Christina of Sweden in Stockholm to give the queen instruction in philosophy. The rigors of the northern winter brought on the pneumonia that caused his death on February 1, 1650. The most notable contribution that Descartes made to mathematics was the systematization of analytic geometry. He was the first mathematician to attempt to classify curves according to the types of equations ...
- 9195: John F. Kennedy
- ... of some thirty-seven countries. In 1952 he was elected to the United States Senate and in 1953 he married Jaqueline Bouvier. However one year later a spinal operation brought him to the edge of death's door, causing him to deeply reflect on his character (Sorensen 28). After his dangerous operation he researched and wrote a book, about democracy. The next year narrowly missing the Vice Presidential nomination of his ...
- 9196: Nicholas Ferrar
- ... old. Banning together, they restored an abandoned church that was being used as a barn. Being of wealthy decent, Ferrar purchased the manor of Little Gidding, a village which had been discarded since the Black Death (a major outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century), a few miles off the Great North Road, and probably recommended by John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln whose palace was in the nearby village ...
- 9197: Mohandas Gandhi
- ... and a guitarist. She lead many antiwar and civil rights movements in the U.S.. A third person could be Nehru, the first Indian Prime Minister of India. He was deeply saddened by Gandhi's death and could not have become Prime Minister without Gandhi's efforts. Indeed, Gandhi was a influential man who helped father the nation of India as we know it today. Without him, the Indians might still ...
- 9198: Mohandas Gandhi
- ... periods several times; these fasts were effective measures against the British, because revolution might well have broken out in India if he had died. In September 1932, while in jail, Gandhi undertook a fast unto death to improve the status of the Hindu Untouchables. The British, by permitting the Untouchables to be considered as a separate part of the Indian voters, were, according to Gandhi, aid an injustice. Although he was ...
- 9199: Miguel de Cervantes
- ... had the time to devote to his writing. Cervantes was a literary experimenter. In 1568, when Cervantes was a student, a number of his poems appeared in a volume published in Madrid to commemorate the death of the Spanish queen Elizabeth of Valois. In 1569 he went to Rome, where in the following year he entered the service of Cardinal Giulio Acquaviva. Soon afterward Cervantes joined a Spanish regiment in Naples ...
- 9200: Andrew Jackson
- ... as a prisoner of war not to be treated like a servant. The furious officer whipped out his sword and slashed at the boy's head. Luckily for Jackson, his stealth saved him from certain death, but leaving him with scars on his left hand and head which he carried with him his whole life, along with a hatred for the British. Thrown into prison camp, Elizabeth Jackson would not let ...
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