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- 3791: Bob Dylan
- ... of his life in Duluth, Minnesota, until his father became ill with polio and lost his job. The family then moved to Hibbing, Minnesota, where they slept in the living room of his fathers parents house for about two years. As a boy he started listening to late night rhythm and blues stations from Chicago. He pestered the local record store for the newest singles from Hank Williams, Chuck Barry, Howlin ...
- 3792: Billy The Kid
- ... the Kids death is probably the greatest debated aspect of his life. On July 14, 1881 while Billy was visiting a Mexican woman at the Maxwell ranch Pat Garrett found him in the large ranch house. In Garrett’s report he stated that "Billy came into the bedroom armed with a pistol and a knife expressly to kill me if he could. I had no alternative but to kill him or ...
- 3793: Billie Holiday
- ... influences including Louis Armstrong. Eventually, Billie moved on to attempt a singing career. "Inspired by her love of singing, she talked the manager of a club into letting her sing a few tunes with the house band- she made $57 in tips" (E). In this way, Billie was motivated to become a singer, a decision that will prove not only to be beneficial to her, but also to be a risk ...
- 3794: Bill Clinton
- ... his presidency resulted in him becoming only the second president in the history of the United States to be impeached. After a long and drawn out sexual harassment trial, Paula Jones’ lawyers deposed former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. What would follow in the next 14 months, even Clinton’s most adamant critics couldn’t have predicted. It all began with Clinton’s now infamous words; "I have never had sexual ...
- 3795: Babe Ruth
- ... old uniform at the time, Babe did make an appearance on that day at Yankee Stadium. His final appearance at Yankee stadium actually came later, on June 13, 1948, during the 25th anniversary of "The House that Ruth Built." During the celebration the Yankees also retired his uniform, number 3, and for that reason Babe put on the uniform for one last time. At 8:01 p.m. on August 16 ...
- 3796: Augustus Caesar
- ... Augustus had to renew his powers for another 10 years. But would he last for those 10 years? Tiberius was now made equal to Augustus in every constitutional detail. Augustus deposited his will at the House of the Vestals in Rome. It contained a summary of the military and financial resources of the empire. His ingenious political testament known as the "Res Gestae Divi Augusti" ("Acts of the Divine Augustus"). On ...
- 3797: Antonin Scalia
- ... admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1970. While In Virginia, Scalia taught law at the Virginia Law School until 1974. In 1971, Scalia became General Counsel of the Office of Telecommunications Policy for the White House, and from 1972 to 1974, he was the chairman of the Administrative Conference of the US. Scalia was then appointed the assistant attorney general of the Office of Legal Counsel for the Department of Justice ...
- 3798: Alexander The Great
- ... Macedonia. After Alexander’s father died, some Greek cities under Macedonian rule revolted. In 335 B.C. Alexander attacked the city of Thebes, storming its walls and destroying every building, except the temples and the house of the poet Pindar. His army sold the 30,000 inhabitants of Thebes into slavery or killed them. Alexander’s actions against Thebes discouraged rebellion by the other Greek cities.("Alexander the Great." 1). With ...
- 3799: Alexander Hamilton
- ... aspect, but I guess that to understand Hamilton's drive to pursue centralized government one would also have to view and study the time aspect of it all. 10. If this person came to your house for dinner, what would you prepare? Why? I would first, ask my mom to cook because after he tries my cooking I wouldn't want him to take me to trial and charge me with ...
- 3800: Adolf Hitler
- ... Hitler's Reich. Lucent Books: San Diego, 1994. The Guinness Encuclopedia. Guinness Publishing (pgs. 341, 439, 441, 444, 445, 678). Middle Sex, Great Britain: 1990. Kirk, John. The Rise and Fall of A. Hitler. Johnson House. New York, 1979.
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