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- 1871: Yugoslavia 2
- ... to destroy there enemy's vehicle's. Sgt. Mike Ralph left behind his wife, and two daughters. This story has been told countless times in the former Yugoslavia, not only by Cannadians, but by the French, British, Nepalease, and dozens of other countries who committed thmselves to ending the bitter fighting in the former Yugoslavia. The fight for independence by various ethnic and religious factions has gone on in wha tis ...
- 1872: King Philip's War
- ... also lost. Sixteen villages were destroyed and one-tenth of the military men were killed. So many men were lost that the casualties were higher in King Philip’s War than in either the American Revolution or Civil War. The Wampanoag did not get off so very easy either. An English ally killed Metacom and his head was exhibited at Plymouth for twenty years. As a result of this war, Native ...
- 1873: Nathaniel Hawthorne Weaves Dreams into Reality in Much of His 19th Century Prose
- ... should seek to counterbalance their dreams with conscious waking perceptions. This is akin to Hawthorne's style of writing and his unique way of presenting human truths. It is perhaps best to agree with the French writer, Michel de Montaigne that, "Dreams are the true interpreters of our inclinations..."
- 1874: The Life of Beethoven
- ... gifted child like the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His father taught him how to play piano and violin. Even though his general education was not continued after elementary school, he studied piano, violin, and French horn. At age 11, Ludwig became assistant to the organist of the local court. In 1783, he first accompanied opera rehearsals at the keyboard. From 1788 to 1792, Beethoven played viola in the local theater ...
- 1875: Joseph Stalin
- ... of 1917 when the Bolsheviks took power Stalin became people’s Commissar of Nationalities, Stalin along with Leon Trotsky, assisted Lenin with emergency decision making during the time of the civil war. After the Russian Revolution of March 1917, he joined the editorial board of the Party Paper Pravada.(Stalin) In 1919 Stalin was an elected member of the Political Bureau. He was appointed Commissar of Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspection.(Stalin ...
- 1876: Albert Camus
- ... third youngest individual to win that prize at that time. He left a body of work that has occupied the minds and intense thoughts of several generations of readers and philosophers. Although often considered a French writer, he should be thought of as a European writer, one who referred to himself as coming form a Mediterranean background. Many studies about Camus mention the “Alegiers summer,” on reference to the early portion ...
- 1877: Robert Schumann
- ... Schonefeld on September 12, 1840 (Sadie 839). They had seven children. One of their sons suffered from mental problems (Slonimsky 904). In 1844, the Schumanns moved to Dresden (Sadie 842). They lived there during the revolution. (Sadie 843). Clara became a concert pianist and toured extensively while Schumann continued to compose (Slonimsky 902). They stayed there for five years and then moved to Dusselldorf to further their musical careers ( Sadie 846 ...
- 1878: Should Eisenhower Be Praised for His Foreign Policies?
- ... independence Eisenhower and Dulles simply tried to use Truman’s policy of containment, which proved to be unsuccessful. They tried to use the “Good Neighbor Policy” which also proved fruitless. And when the British and French invaded Egypt in an attempt to capture the Suez Canal, it was proved that Eisenhower did not even have control over his alliances. While Eisenhower had good intentions and, in theory, his ideas were commendable ...
- 1879: John Fitzgerald Kennedy and His Accomplishments in Office
- ... The president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, had moved his country into the Soviet Camp making it the only communist nation in Latin America. To add onto that, the Cuban’s fear that Castro’s communist revolution might spread throughout Latin America alarmed the U.S. Prior to Kennedy’s inauguration, President Eisenhower and his staff had severed many ties with Cuba. Plans were made to use a small group of Cubans ...
- 1880: 1984 Reading Journal
- ... stay free. After work one evening, he wonders into the prole end of London, and ends up near the store where he bought the diary. Follows man into pub and plans to ask him about revolution but man is incoherent. He leaves the pub and wanders. He ends up outside the little antique shop and decides to buy a glass paperweight. Mr. Charrington shows him a room upstairs and Winston dreams ...
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