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- 4131: Alfred Nobel
- ... studied until he founded the first ever nitroglycerin factory in the world, but found it was too volatile to work with, and too many miners were dying using it. He began experimenting on how to control the substance. He wanted something that could absorb the nitroglycerin and not still have the same power. He Found that a substance called Kieselguhr. This substance consisted of (diatomeus earth) marine organisms diatoms. This way ...
- 4132: "Out Of Empire: Edward Gough Whitlam"
- ... only came to this way of thinking after his dismissal, when he and the nation saw for the first time just how much power the Queen and her representatives really had, despite their lack of control over day to day running of the Government. At the onset of his career, Whitlam was quite proud of his Queen - he had, after all, fought in the Airforce during the Second World War to ...
- 4133: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... did not kill himself during an attack of insanity. Then he made a journey. At a few hundred yards' distance from the inn he entered a farmyard, and shot himself. He did not put the gun to his head or heart but against his abdomen. Then walked back to the inn and back into his room. The landlord discovered him there, lying on his bed with his face. Vincent died thirty ...
- 4134: Biography of Julius Caesar
- ... Britons, Cassivellaunus. Caesar had avoided recall to Rome at the end of the five years of command voted to him by coming to a fresh agreement with Pompey and Crassus at Luca. The optimates in control of the senate, now awake to the immense increase in Caesar’s personal power, wealth, and prestige, kept Pompey in Italy, allowing him to govern his Spanish provinces by deputies. Pompey’s own attachment to ...
- 4135: Anne Frank
- ... lot of friends. However her father was still worried, for in Germany the Nazis gained almost complete power. In 1940, the Germans invaded and conquered Holland. Anne's life had changed by the Germans taking control. She could not go to her school, and was to attend the Jewish Lyceum. No Jews were allowed out on the streets at night. Her life changed again. It was not a happy one for ...
- 4136: The Life of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... professors. In Poe’s letters to John Allen he often talked of violence on campus. He once wrote of how a student was struck on the head with a stone and then pulled out a gun and killed his attacker(Moldavia). By the end of the year Poe had started to develop gambling debts. Poe blamed his gambling debts on John Allen saying that he did not provide enough for him ...
- 4137: Life of Julius Caesar
- ... Britons, Cassivellaunus. Caesar had avoided recall to Rome at the end of the five years of command voted to him by coming to a fresh agreement with Pompey and Crassus at Luca. The optimates in control of the senate, now awake to the immense increase in Caesar’s personal power, wealth, and prestige, kept Pompey in Italy, allowing him to govern his Spanish provinces by deputies. Pompey’s own attachment to ...
- 4138: Alexander The Great, King Of Macedonia
- ... the rest marched back through the desert of southern Iran. He emerged safely in the winter of 325-24 B.C., after the worst sufferings and losses of the entire campaign, to find his personal control over the heart of the empire weakened by the many years of his absence and rumors of his death. On his return he executed several of his governors and senior officials and replaced others. In ...
- 4139: The Short Life Of Tupac Shakur
- ... the world," Tupac's rising career was snagged. He was brought up on sexual assault charges by a woman he met at a nightclub. Hours before Tupac would be found guilty, Tupac was robbed at gun point by men whose intent and purpose is still uncertain. Tupac was eventually released at over $1 Million in bail. After his release, Tupac answered his critics by releasing his best album, "All eyes on ...
- 4140: Napoleon And Unrest In Europe
- ... and the “Young Italy” movement. Many states we4re forced to grant constitutions. Anger over foreign rule called for unity and independence. Sardinia began by acquiring France as an ally. Garibaldi and the Red Shirts gained control of Italy, eventually Vienna. King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia was offered the throne4. The first step towards German unity involved the “Zollverein”, a trade embargo abolishing tariffs. Liberals agreed unification would promote individual rights and ...
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