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- 1441: John Lennon
- ... John’s father was always away at sea and his mother had a hard time supporting John and his 3 sisters, John’s mother sent him away to live with his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George when he was young. His Aunt Mimi took him in as if he was her own son. In 1946, John’s father Fred, returned from sea and tried to take John with him to New ... with an ‘A’.” The Beatles played many shows at The Cavern Club. This is where they met their future producer, Brian Epstein in 1961. In 1962, The Beatles got a record contract with Parlaphone after George Martin decided that they needed a new drummer. This is where Ringo Starr came into the picture for The Beatles. (Fogo) Right before his eighteenth birthday, John’s mother was struck by a car and ...
- 1442: Martin Luther King Junior
- ... nation. During these nonviolent campaigns he was arrested several times. King never did travel off of the road of righteousness; he stood by his beliefs and kept things clean. He led the historic March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. This speech outlined King’s sheer desire to see racial equality everywhere in the country. His speech, and the statement it made ... him to show no fear, to be the sword and the staff of the people he lived to protect. King’s preoccupation with Vietnam and his determination to lead a Poor People's March on Washington combined with shifting public priorities to challenge his leadership. He was near exhaustion from stress, and his speeches increasingly alluded to his possible death. He was undeterred, however, for as he put it on April ...
- 1443: Langston Hughes
- ... t matter either. We build our temples for tomorrow, as strong as we know how and we stand on the top of the mountain, free within ourselves(Jackson,2)”. Langston Hughes pastimes whether abroad in Washington, D.C. or Harlem, New York was sitting in the clubs listening to blues, jazz and writing poetry. Through these experiences a new rhythm emerged in his writing, and a series of poems such as ... am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa. I’ve been a slave: Ceasar told me to keep his door-steps clean. I brushed the boots of Washington. I’ve been a worker: under my hand the pyramids arose. I made mortar for the Woolworth Building. I’ve been a singer: All the way from Africa to Georgia I carried my sorrow songs ...
- 1444: Hillary Clinton
- ... In 1973 Hillary became a staff attorney for the Children's Defense Fund. A year later she was recruited by the Impeachment Inquiry staff of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. Hillary left Washington and "followed her heart to Arkansas," marrying Bill Clinton in 1975. The couple taught together on the law faculty of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980. Hillary Rodham ... immunizations for preschool-age children, push for an expansion of children's health insurance coverage, advocate for innovative prenatal care, and raise awareness of the impact of tobacco on children. When the Clintons arrived in Washington, D.C., Mrs. Clinton felt that she had not only public responsibilities as First Lady, but also the private responsibility to make the historic and formal White House a true home for her husband and ...
- 1445: The Life of Gottfried Leibniz
- ... philosophy. In 1676 he was appointed librarian and privy councillor at the court of Hannover. For the 40 years until his death, he served Ernest Augustus, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, later elector of Hannover, and George Louis, elector of Hannover, later George I, king of Great Britain. Leibniz was considered a universal genius by his contemporaries. His work encompasses not only mathematics and philosophy but also theology, law, diplomacy, politics, history, philology, and physics. Mathematics Leibniz's ...
- 1446: John Trumbull
- ... of General Burgoyne”, and “The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia”. In addition, John was commissioned to execute monumental replicas of some of his Revolutionary War scenes for the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington D.C. These glorious paintings are but a small part of John Trumbull’s contribution to American Society. John has added to our society as an architect, a painter, a writer, and most importantly as ... tutelage of Benjamin West. During this period he produced some of his best depictions of the Revolutionary War. John eventually settled down in New York, in 1816, and received his commission for his work in Washington D.C. It is with great pride that I recommend that you accept John’s application to your fine institute. I believe that John should be accepted because of his fine paintings and his dedication ...
- 1447: Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
- ... to create some bronze doors for the cathedral baptistery. Donatello created two marble statues in a new style for the church of Or San Michele in about 1415. In these statues, 'St. Mark' and 'St. George', for the first time since Roman classicism, the human body was shown as a functioning figure with a human personality--in sharp contrast with medieval art. Donatello's well-known statue 'Zuccone' ("pumpkin" because of its bald head) of 1425 for the campanile, or bell tower, of the cathedral is a further development of the style. For the base of 'St. George' Donatello invented a totally new kind of relief, or sculpture raised from a flat surface, called schiacciato, meaning "flattened out." The carving was extremely shallow with details executed to catch the light in a pictorial ...
- 1448: W.E.B Du Bois
- ... in London. After attending the conference in London, he later created the Pan- African Conferences in the United States and in Europe. For this extraordinary accomplishment, he received the Springarn Medal in 1920. Booker T. Washington felt that Negroes should gain rights slowly, however Du Bois wanted immediate rights for the Negro. The split between Washington and Du Bois reflected a bitter division of opinion among these two prominent black leaders. In 1905, at Niagara Falls, Canada, Du Bois joined the more militant leaders to demand equal voting rights and educational ...
- 1449: Woodrow Wilson and His Ability To be an Effective President
- ... ratification of the 18th Amendment. In 1920 during his second term, he passed the 19th Amendment which allowed women to vote. During this time he was also pressured by the southerners to allow segregation in Washington D.C. He said that this would be in the best interests of the blacks. Woodrow Wilson did how ever show weaknesses during his presidency. During World War I he often took his time in ... home and rest. But despite his poor health he continued to travel America letting everyone learn more about the League of Nations. Soon though his health finally diminished so badly that he went back to Washington. After a few days he seemed to be okay, but then he passed out. When he came back around he was paralyzed. He remained in bed for half a year. When he finally became well ...
- 1450: Bob Dole: A Race to the Top
- ... budget to absorb the cost of the tax cut. Professor Alan Aurbach, of the University of California at Barkeley, explains the situation perfectly when he said, "they might as well turn the lights out in Washington" (Lacayo 1996, 44). President Clinton's administration counts on the fact that Dole's tax cuts will more likely than not balloon the deficit and the Clinton administration remains confident that the American public will ... assumptions, basically it will never work. Dole's one chance of victory, or saved embarrassment for that matter lied in renouncing his tax-cut package and using his other strengths such as his experience in Washington. The worst case scenario would be that he looses the support of his supply-siders, which would not make much difference because he has not gotten that much more than grief from them anyway. In ...
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