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- 1971: William Henry Gates III
- ... charities, including $200 million to the William H. Gates Foundation. The focus of Gates' giving is in three areas: education, population issues and access to technology. Gates was married on Jan. 1, 1994 to Melinda French Gates. They have one child, Jennifer Katharine Gates, born in 1996. Times are changing fast. Three years ago, while President Bushs camp was mounting a direct-mail campaign unchanged from that of Reagan before him ...
- 1972: Benjamin Franklin Was A Man of Many Accomplishments
- ... of the threads standing out so Franklin touched his knuckle against the key. He perceived an electrical shock. He finally proved that clouds did contain electricity (Meltzer 127). On June 1752, one month after the French proof of his idea, his idea proved that clouds contained electricity (Meltzer 127). Franklin had many more inventions that were not listed. The other inventions that were not listed were his clocks, lightning rods, astronomical ...
- 1973: Biography of Galileo
- Biography of Galileo Galileo was born near Pisa, on February 15, 1564. His father, Vincenzo Galilei, played an important role in the musical revolution from medieval polyphony to harmonic modulation. Galileo was taught by monks at Vallombrosa and then entered the University of Pisa in 1581 to study medicine. He soon turned to philosophy and mathematics, leaving the university ...
- 1974: Colin Powell
- By: Chris E-mail: munky_revolution@hotmail.com My Written Report is a Short Biography of Colin Luther Powell. He was born on May 5, 1937 in Presbyterian Hospital. He was born, and grew up, in the South Bronx, New York ...
- 1975: The Life and Accomplishments of John F Kennedy
- ... In 1961, Russia threatened to give Communist East Germany control over the West's air and land supply routes to Berlin. The threat was part of a Russian effort to end the combined American, British, French, and Russian control of Berlin, begun when World War II ended. The western nations opposed any threat to the freedom of West Berlin. In June 1961, Kennedy discussed Berlin with Khrushchev at a two-day ...
- 1976: Biography: Jefferson, Thomas
- ... John Russell Pope; it houses a 19-ft (5.8-m) statue of Jefferson by Rudulph Evans. Jeffersonian Democracy Looking back on the election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson described it as being "as real a revolution in the principles of our government as that of 1776 was in its form; not effected indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the ...
- 1977: Deng Xiaopeng
- ... Deng was missing one very important thing. Chinas political status with some countries was not at all desirable. This is so because of past wars and many unfair treaties during Chinas time of revolution but also because China is a communist country. To most of the west communism is an evil and horrible thing. As a way to break the silence of political dealings with most countries through out ...
- 1978: Jimmy Carter: The 39th President of the United States
- ... to deal with. Public confidence in Jimmy began to wan during his second year in office, but he was able to secure ratificationof treaties to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama. The Iranian revolution that toppled the shah of early 1979 suprised the United States government and sent Jimmy's popularity downward. Jimmy's personal diplomacy led to the signing of a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt on ...
- 1979: Biography of Moshe Dayan
- ... received special antiguerrilla training from the British. When the British outlawed the Haganah in 1939, Dayan was arrested. Released in 1941, he served with the Allied forces that liberated Lebanon and Syria from the Vichy French. During this campaign he lost his left eye and adopted the black eye patch that became his distinguishing feature. During Israel's war of independence (1948-49) Dayan was a commander on the Jerusalem front ...
- 1980: Elie Wiesel
- ... Knopf publishers in December 1995. THIS IS ELIE PICTURED WEARING HIS NOBEL PRIZE MEDAL THAT HE WON IN 1986 He has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States Congressional Gold Medal, the French Legion of Honor, the Medal of Liberty Award and, in 1986, the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in improving the living conditions, and promoting the understanding and global acceptance of Jews. For this same ...
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