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- 121: John Dalton
- John Dalton John Dalton was born on September 6 1766 at Eagelsfield, Cumbria in England.Although he was born in England, he spent most of his life in Manchester.He was born into a Quaker family and while his family had food, they were still poor. His father Joseph was a weaver and John recieved most of his early education from his father. At the age of 12, John opened a school in Eagelsfield where he was the master. He was often threatened by the older boys who ...
- 122: Pope John XXIII
- Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli in Sotto il Monte, on November 25, 1881. He was educated in Bergamo and Rome and ordained a priest in 1904. During World War I he served as a ... after Pope Pius XII died. He was became pope on October 28, 1958, when he was 77. Although many people thought that due to his advanced age, he would do very little as pope, Pope John XXIII actually accomplished a lot during his papacy. Pope John XXIII’s greatest accomplishment was calling the Second Vatican Council, unfortunately he died before it had been completed. The Council’s purpose was to ...
- 123: Civil Rights
- ... by angry mobs and one bus was even burned. This violence brought national attention to the Freedom Riders and the Alabama officials were reprimanded for allowing this violence to take place. The administration of President John Kennedy stepped in to protect the Freedom Riders because Alabama police would not guarantee safe travel. Finally the riders were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi and their rides ended. The Freedom Rides did result in the desegregation ... court ordered the university to desegregate and accept Meredith as a student. The governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett, defied the court order and tried to prevent Meredith from enrolling. In response, the administration of President Kennedy intervened to uphold the court order. Kennedy sent federal marshals with Meredith when he attempted to enroll. During his first night on campus, a riot broke out when whites began to harass the federal ...
- 124: JFK: The Death of a Conspiracy
- JFK: The Death of a Conspiracy There is a plethora of conspiracy theories regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. They range from the incumbent of the former Soviet Union to organized crime. Pro-conspiracy groups are in agreement with one theory; the United States government covered up the truth of the assassination. The premise of a government conspiracy to cover up of the assassination is laden with insufficient evidence and unproved theories. The truth of the matter is President Kennedy was assassinated by the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. On November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m., President Kennedy was shot as his motorcade drove through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. He was ...
- 125: JFK: The Death of a Conspiracy
- JFK: The Death of a Conspiracy There is a plethora of conspiracy theories regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. They range from the incumbent of the former Soviet Union to organized crime. Pro-conspiracy groups are in agreement with one theory; the United States government covered up the truth of the assassination. The premise of a government conspiracy to cover up of the assassination is laden with insufficient evidence and unproved theories. The truth of the matter is President Kennedy was assassinated by the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. On November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m., President Kennedy was shot as his motorcade drove through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. He was ...
- 126: John Locke and John Stuart Mill's Definition of Freedom
- John Locke and John Stuart Mill's Definition of Freedom John Locke believes that man ought to have more freedom in political society than John Stuart Mill does. John Locke's The Second Treatise of Government and John Stuart Mill's On Liberty are influential ...
- 127: John Wade A Character Study--I
- John Wade: A Character Study John Wade is by far the most intricate and perplexing character examined throughout the novel In The Lake Of the Woods. His character hinges on the brink of order and chaos; on one hand, he is defined as a man who is obsessed with controlling the events and people around him. It is this obsession with control and order that lies alongside the central idea of the novel; that John Wade does not really know what happened to his wife. His blackouts and tendency towards spurts of violence highlight the chaos that lies beneath the surface of his life. The image of the mirrors ...
- 128: Marilyn Monroe
- ... became very depressed. She wanted children or a man to live with. When she would go on her photo shoots, she would become very down on herself. She had thirteen abortions. Marilyn had affairs with John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Marlon Brando, Jose Bolanos, and Frank Sinatra are just some of the men. In 1961, she received a Golden Globe Award for “Some Like It Hot.” She sang “Happy Birthday” to John F. Kennedy ...
- 129: Thomas Jefferson's Response to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... shores of Tripoli in hopes of avoiding an attack on America by the Pasha of Tripoli. Many years later, October of 1962, America once again teetered on the brink of war, but this time with John F. Kennedy by their side, and the threat was nuclear war. Two situations very different, but also similar; two outstanding presidents who did what they thought was right in the time of crisis. Perhaps had Thomas Jefferson been in charge in the year 1962 the outcome may have been different, or would it have? John F. Kennedy responded to the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 by playing a game of "nuclear chicken", had Thomas Jefferson been in charge he would have tried to negotiate with Khrushchev , then threatened war; ...
- 130: Marilyn Monroe: Suicide or Murder
- ... Police Chief William Parker is the single most powerful man in the city is believed to be the stage manager of the cover-up on Marilyn Monroe's “murder.” He was a friend of Bobby Kennedy, and also was actively pursuing Hoover's job at the FBI also. He turned the case over to the department's investigation team. They were only allowed to determine if she killed herself or not ... injection of Nembutal was administered.” (Brown, and Barham) Sources in the LA police department that saw portions of the seven hundred and twenty three-page report on Monroe's death. Compiled by homicide say that Kennedy came to her house with an unidentified physician on the fourth. A shot was given to “calm her down” according to the police sources. Despite the many filings under the Freedom of Information Act in ... FBI and police reports, and other sources. All cited in the extensive endnotes of their book, “ Marilyn: The Last Take”. In the course of their research, the authors found that, as long rumored, Robert F. Kennedy, then U.S. Attorney General, had been deeply involved with Marilyn during the last weeks of her life and was a player in the cover-up following her death. In Brown and Barham's ...
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