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- 3771: Harriet Tubman
- ... back while they were traveling because someone might figured that he/she were returning from the running slaves and might have to answer questions. She traveled to differents places to stay like Thomas Garret's house in Wilmington, Delaware. She wanted to get to Canada to have a chance to feel what it would be like to be free. She painted pictures of what she thought Canada would be like, that ...
- 3772: George Washington
- ... fall of 1758 the French were defeated. In 1759 he married Martha Dandridge Custis, a wealthy young widow. Washington matured into a solid member of Virginia society. From 1759 to 1774 he served in the House of Burgesses. By 1774 Washington had become a key supporter of the colonial cause. That same year he was elected to the First Continental Congress. In 1775 the Second Continental Congress elected Washington commander in ...
- 3773: George Patton
- ... both texts long before he could even lift a sword. These classic images were filled out by recent war stories of living soldiers, particularly those of John Singleton ''Ranger'' Mosby. John often visited the Patton house and would entertain Georgie for hours with tales of his Civil War adventures. With this steady diet of combat regalia, Georgie was convinced that the profession of arms was his calling. GENERAL PATTON`S PERSONAL ...
- 3774: George C. Wallace
- ... jail time for defying the federal courts backed off. He then made another speech denouncing "Big-government." His views drew much criticism from northern politicians and officials. Another tense moment was the nationally publicized fire house and police dog incidents in Birmingham. The Civil Rights movement intensified while Wallace tried to block the integration of the University of Alabama, stating that it was states rights. The demonstrations in Birmingham of 1963 ...
- 3775: George Bush
- ... in Houston, Texas. In 1964, he was the Republican candidate for the U.S. senate, but was defeated by Democrat Ralph Yarborough. Two years later, Bush ran and won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, which he had for two terms. In 1970 however, President Nixon encouraged him to try the Senate again which he did. Unfortunately he was defeated by Democrat Lloyd Bentsen. After Bush's loss ...
- 3776: George Bush
- ... him the Presidency, it is the values and policies he stands for. Right now the Republican Party’s worst nightmare is that if it is the name and if the name wares off their "school house built of straw will weaken and blow down." With the aide of family, Texas governor’s office veterans, and his fathers old aides, he hopes to prove them wrong before February.
- 3777: George Berkley
- ... being ruminated upon it does not exist in the realm of knowledge at that particular time. As an example, if I were to move to another country and, after some time, forget about my old house in America, it would not exist to me anymore. In accordance with the immaterialists view, my actively perceiving mind would be electing not to reflect back upon the past. Thus, only the active mind can ...
- 3778: Galileo Gallilei
- ... would be torture and executed by burning at the stake for the crime of heresy. On May 10 he admitted in heresy in writing and on June 22 he publicly confessed. He was sentenced to house arrest in his home near Florence for an indefinite length of time. A few months later, Galileo’s beloved daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, died. By 1638, Galileo was blind and crippled with arthritis. He continued ...
- 3779: Eva Peron
- ... in her political life and she was going to show it. Eva was an unusual first lady especially for the Argentines. In the first place they believed that a woman’s place was at her house doing wife’s things, not in political campaigns, but Eva would change all that. She would encourage the people to call her Evita, which was unusual since very close friends only use nicknames in Argentina ...
- 3780: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- ... on the sea coast, Elizabeth published her translation of Prometheus Bound (1833), by the Greek dramatist Aeschylus. Gaining notoriety for her work in the 1830's, Elizabeth continued to live in her father's London house under his tyrannical rule. He began sending Elizabeth's younger siblings to Jamaica to help with the family's estates. Elizabeth bitterly opposed slavery and did not want her siblings sent away. During this time ...
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