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- 1931: Sacraments According To St. Th
- ... means of sacrament, the church was able to localize people so that they may retain privileges of salvation. Furthermore, by controlling the sacramental action, the church insured its stability in an age of reform and revolution.
- 1932: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- ... Corps, an agency that trained American volunteers to perform social and humanitarian service oversees and promote world peace, which was important at the time because of unsettling foreign affairs. In 1959, after several attempts, a revolution led by Fidel Castro finally overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar. During the next two years, Castro would become increasingly hostile to the United States. When Castro began to proclaim his belief in ...
- 1933: The Life of Gottfried Leibniz
- ... however, with their limited vision, cannot accept such evils as disease and death as part of a universal harmony. This Leibnizian universe, "the best of all possible worlds," is satirized as a utopia by the French author Voltaire in his novel Candide (1759). Important philosophical works by Leibniz include Essays in Theodicy on the Goodness of God, the Liberty of Man, and the Origin of Evil (2 vol., 1710; translated in ...
- 1934: San Martin
- ... persuaded him to withdraw from Peru. They both disagreed on the type of government that was to be formed, but they were both committed to South American independence, and were both willing to continue the revolution. On September 20, 1822, San Martin reassigned his military command in Peru, and went into voluntary exile in Europe. He went back to Argentina, and in 1824, a year after that his wife died, he ...
- 1935: Sigmund Freud
- ... a lasting effect on Freud. Known as Anna O., this patient was a young woman suffering from what was then called hysteria. She had temporary paralysis, could not speak her native German but could speak French and English, couldn't drink water even when thirsty, and so on. Breuer discovered that if he hypnotized her, she would talk of things she did not remember in the conscious state, and afterwards her ...
- 1936: Early National Literature
- ... Independence." James Fenimore COOPER was the first important American novelist to succeed with subjects and settings that are largely American. Cooper achieved international prominence with his second novel, The Spy (1821), a tale of the Revolution. His many novels blending history and romance resulted in his being called "the American {Sir Walter} Scott," a title that put him in the company of one of the period's most popular and respected ...
- 1937: Susan B Anthony
- ... serving from 1856 to the outbreak of the civil war, 1861. Here, she served as an agent for the American Antislavery Society. After, She worked with Stanton and published the New York liberal weekly, The Revolution (1868-1870) which called for equal pay for women. In 1872, Susan demanded that women be given the same civil and political rights that had been extended to black men under the 14th and 15th ...
- 1938: The Life of Jackie Robinson
- ... the deaths of three people that were closest to him. Branch Rickey, his mother Mallie, and his son Jackie Robinson Junior. That year Jackie had written a letter to a Nixon aide predicting a violent revolution if immediate action was not taken on civil rights. Nixon never took any action, and on October 24, 1972 Jackie Robinson died a disappointed man. (Jackie Robinson and the Civil Rights) On October 27, 1972 ...
- 1939: Sigmund Freud: 1856 - 1939
- ... a lasting effect on Freud. Known as Anna O., this patient was a young woman suffering from what was then called hysteria. She had temporary paralysis, could not speak her native German but could speak French and English, couldn't drink water even when thirsty, and so on. Breuer discovered that if he hypnotized her, she would talk of things she did not remember in the conscious state, and afterwards her ...
- 1940: JFK: His Life and Legacy
- ... and fell in love with Jacqueline Bouvier. "Jackie",as she was known, came from a wealthy Catholic background as prestigious as the Kennedys. She attended Vassar College and the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She spoke French, Italian, and Spanish fluently. They were wed on September 12,1953, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island. All seemed well, yet after three two-year terms as a Congressman, Kennedy became ...
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