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- 981: JFK: His Life And Legacy
- ... he wanted to go to Harvard("JFK" 98). On campus, young people took interest in politics, social changes, and events in Europe. The United States was pulling out of the Great Depression. Hitler's Nazi Germany followed aggressive territorial expansion in Europe. It was at this time that John first became aware of the vast social and economic differences in the United States. In June 1940, John graduated cum laude(with ...
- 982: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... in which there were three consuls, and he was the most important one. At this time, everyone in France loved napoleon, and his power increased. In 1802 France signed a peace treaty with England and Germany, and was now not at war with anyone. He re-established the University of France, reformed the education system, and he founded the Bank of France. He also made the Napolionic Code: The first clear ...
- 983: Lyndon B Johnson
- ... power, and staunch anti-communism. These qualities also led him to intervene militarily in the Dominican Republic-allegedly to stop a Communist takeover-in April 1965. Like many Americans who recalled the "appeasement" of Nazi Germany in the 1930s, Johnson thought the United States must be firm or incur a loss of credibility. While the nation became deeply involved in Vietnam, racial tension sharpened at home, culminating in widespread urban race ...
- 984: The Life And Works Of Frederic
- ... appeared first in proofs and were never copied into his manuscripts. Moreover, due to the inconsistencies of contemporary copyright law, nearly all of Chopin's works had to be issued simultaneously by publishers in France, Germany, and England in order to discourage piracy. Chopin's large-scale works were not among his most popular ones. They were difficult to learn, and their musical form and content puzzled contemporary musicians. It is ...
- 985: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- ... 1924. Arthur’s last published book; Edge of the Unknown, was published in 1930.22 World travel played a big role in the backgrounds for Doyle’s stories and novels. The Doyle family visited Berlin, Germany in 1890 to investigate bacteriologist Robert Koch’s claim to have possibly have found the cure for tuberculosis. In 1892, the Doyles traveled to Norway, where Conan Doyle went skiing for the first time. Shortly ...
- 986: Sir Anton Dolin
- ... former colleagues in the Diaghilev company, Dolin next formed the Nemchinova-Dolin Ballet, dancing in Swan Lake and his own The Nightingale and the Rose. During the following two years Dolin and Nemchinova toured Holland, Germany, France, and Spain, offering among other compositions, Dolin’s Revolution, Espagnol, and Rhapsody in Blue. The Nemchinova-Dolin company was disbanded early in 1929, Dolin rejoining the Ballet Russe. The second engagement lasted only a ...
- 987: Mozart
- ... 4 rulers of Europe and England were astounded by Wolfgang’s abilities of composition, improvisations, and sight reading. During a large European concert tour (1763-66) the Mozart children displayed their talents to audiences in Germany, in Paris, at court in Versailles, and in London (where Wolfgang wrote his first symphonies and was befriend by Johann Christian Bach, whose musical influence on Wolfgang was profound). In Paris, Wolfgang published his first ...
- 988: Mother Teresa
- ... donations for her work. Mother Teresa also traveled to Illinois, Washington DC, and New York collecting donations and meeting many people along the way. After Mother Teresa left the United States, she journeyed to England, Germany, and Rome. This trip gave many new ideas to Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa thought it would be a great idea to get some men involved to do the same type of work as the sisters ...
- 989: Martin Luther King Jr ]
- ... Luther to European commercial centers. Accordingly, one of the most fruitful areas of study with respect to the rapid spread of Luther's ideas is the interest of the merchants and other urban classes in Germany, especially in the free imperial cities. Although scholars have analyzed various aspects of city life at the close of the Middle Ages in great detail, they have done relatively little by way of explaining why ...
- 990: Margaret Bouke-White
- ... her a star but Margaret still kept her studio, which had grown to a staff of eight and moved to the Chrysler building. In 1930 Fortune sent Margaret on one of her biggest assignments, to Germany to capture foreign industry. Curious about the Soviet Union she wanted to extend her trip but very few foreigners were allowed into the country. As she once said, "nothing attracts me like a closed door ...
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