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- 9901: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... the situation had demanded prompt action to the extent that it justified usurping executive powers. Though there is no doubt that Roosevelt greatly speeded the opening of the Panama Canal; it came at a fairly high price. As Thomas Jefferson did with the Louisiana Purchase, Theodore Roosevelt went around the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Constitution to gain land. This canal greatly harmed the United States foreign relations in ...
- 9902: Lyndon Johnson
- ... cattle speculator in the hill country of Texas, provided only an uncertain income for his family. Politically active, Sam Johnson served five terms in the Texas legislature. His mother had varied cultural interests and placed high value on education; she was fiercely ambitious for her children. Johnson attended public schools in Johnson City and received a B.S. degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos. He then taught ...
- 9903: Nicolaus Copernicus
- ... many others he went to Italy to study medicine and law (Smith 1039). Before he left, his uncle appointed him a church administrator in Fronbork. He then used the money from there to pay for school. Copernicus began to study canon lay at the University of Bologna in 1497. At that time he, was living at the home of mathematics professor, Domenico Maria de Novara. Copernicus astronomical and geographical interests were ...
- 9904: Leonardo Da Vinci
- Leonardo Da Vinci It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. This is the case for all the paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci. Da Vinci was a master of the high renaissance. He is remembered mostly today for his great works of art but Leonardo did more than just paint. He became known for his achievements in sculpture, architecture, engineering, and also science. He has served ...
- 9905: Frederick Douglass's Physical and Intellectual Struggles
- ... began to bear heavily upon [his] my heart."(32) At that point, Douglass's true strength began to show and his true development began. Douglass used the strength gained from literacy to hold a Sabbath school that taught other slaves how to read. Douglass also used literacy in an escape attempt. When Douglass tried to escape for the first time his writing skills were used to make fake "protections". These were ...
- 9906: John Gotti
- ... first major incident with the police occurred when he tried to steal a cement mixer and it fell on his feet, an injury that affected his gait for the rest of his life. He quit school at sixteen and rose to leadership in a local street gang of thieves called the Fulton-Rockaway Boys, named after two streets in their neighborhood. At an early age he exerted his bad temper, dominance ...
- 9907: Marilyn Monroe
- ... her pictures that were to be sent to the troops. With her rare talent and beauty she found many other assignments easily and was picked up by a modeling agency. They enrolled Marilyn in charm school and featured her on a number of magazine covers. In 1946, Marilyn signed with 20th Century Fox. She only made two small films before the studio dropped her, although. Two years later she signed with ...
- 9908: Charles Augustus Lindbergh
- ... the first person to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic. Lindbergh was born February 4, 1902, in Detroit. He attended the University of Wisconsin for two years but withdrew to attend a flying school in Lincoln, Nebraska. He began flying in 1922, and four years later he piloted a mail plane between St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago. He decided to compete for a prize of $25,000 offered in ...
- 9909: Malcolm X
- ... from the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm's mother suffered a nervous breakdown and the eight children were taken by the welfare department. Malcolm was sent first to a foster home and then to a reform school. After the eighth grade, Malcolm moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked at various jobs and eventually became involved in criminal activity. In 1946 he was sentenced to prison for burglary. While in prison, Malcolm ...
- 9910: Biography of John Dalton
- ... known as Daltonism. Irish author and translator from Spanish and German, born in 1814; died at Maddermarket, Norwich, 15 February, 1874. He spent his early years at Coventry, England, and was educated at Sedgley Park School. He then proceeded to Oscott College, where he was ordained priest in 1837. After serving some time on the mission at Northampton (where he established large schools), he laboured at Norwich for three years, and ...
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