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- 1671: Duke Ellington
- ... Freedom. He played for the royalty and for the common people and by the end of his fifty-year career, he had played over 20,000 performances worldwide. He was the Duke, Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 28, 1899 in Washington, D.C. Duke's parents Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James Edward Ellington served as ideal role models for young Duke and taught him everything from proper table manners to an understanding of the emotional power of music. Duke's first piano lessons ... By doing so, Ellington's band was able to play throughout the Washington area and into Virginia for private society balls and embassy parties. Finally, Duke married Edna Thompson and on March 11, 1919, Mercer Kennedy Ellington was born. In 1923, Duke left the security that Washington offered him and moved to New York. Through the power of radio, listeners throughout New York had heard of Duke Ellington, making him ...
- 1672: Beatlemania In The 1960s
- ... River. Out of all these groups came, somehow, the Beatles. And they had to go to Germany to do it. In order to better their Liverpool take-home pay of around $15. per week apiece, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo (so called because of his penchant for wearing at least four rings) Starr took a tramp steamer to Hamburg and a job which moved them up a bit ... Princess Margaret), notable for the absence of even a small riot. Despite their apparent appointment as Purveyors of Rock and Roll to the Crown, the Beatles have taken the whole thing in stride. Said Beatle John Lennon to the lords and ladies at the command performance: "People in the cheaper seats clap your hands, the rest of you just rattle your jewelry." It was not only their good looks and wonderfully ... was reflected in the quote from the Royal Command Performance. Here is part of what was said at LaGuardia airport on February 7, 1964: "Will you sing for us?" someone asked. "We need money first," John Lenin shot back. "What's your message for American teenagers?" "Our message is...buy some more Beatle records," returned Paul McCartney. "What about the movement in Detroit to stamp out the Beatles?" "We're ...
- 1673: Astrology
- ... mad at the astrologer and burned him and all astrology books. (Weblinkers.com Enterprises, p.1) By the 1960’s, astrology became popular again. (Weblinkers.com Enterprises, p.2) One astrologer even predicted that President Kennedy was to be assassinated. (Weblinkers.com Enterprises, p.2) John Dee read the horoscope of a princess who was in jail and might have even faced death. (Woolfolk, p.306) He told her that she would one day be on the throne. (Woolfolk, p.306 ...
- 1674: Alcatraz
- ... about whom the world knew, the man about whom books were written and films were made was to be ignored in death as the date of his passing followed by one day the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. On the morning of his death, Stroud was found by a fellow inmate who is probably more widely recognized on an international scale than any other confined on Alcatraz - recognized not so much by his ...
- 1675: Entertainment During The Renaissance
- ... theater in London attracted the most audiences, stated Sarah Howarth(19-20). During the Elizabethan times it became almost routine for each successive Lord Mayor to appeal if a theatrical performance was in the city(John Brown, 173). The theater was responsible for the inspiration of many authors. The expression it showed was experimental(Sarah Howarth, 21). A lot of famous people were involved in all the process of theater, such as Palidio, William Shakespeare, and Lope de Vega(Sarah Howarth, 19-21, John Brown 173-219). William Shakespeare was an excellent author, he experimented with all the rules of theater by combining tradegy and comedy(Sarah Howarth, 21). Shakespeare was associated with two obsessions Change and changeability and playing the world on stage(John Brown, 173). The theaters themselves were a beautiful sight. The stage was set on one side of the circular building. The other three sides had seats. There was also a tower called the “tiring ...
- 1676: “Masque of the Red Death”vs.“Fall of the House of Usher”: A Glimpse Into The Life of Poe
- ... 19, 1809. His mother was Elizabeth Arnold and his father was David Poe, Jr. Poe’s mother died two years after his birth on December 8, 1811. Edgar went to stay with the Allan family, John and Francis Allan. However, Mr. Allan was unwilling to adopt Poe. Mr. Allan was willing to send Edgar to the University of Virginia. Poe attended the University of Virginia in February 1826 but left on December 15th. In 1827, Poe and John Allan had a falling out. Poe left Richmond for Boston. Poe decided to enlist in the US Army under the name of Edgar A Perry and was sent to Fort Independence. Francis Allen, who Poe ... of “Poems by Edgar A. Poe” was published. On October 12, 1833, Poe won the first prize in a competition in the Baltimore Saturday Visitor with “MS. Found in a Bottle.” On March 27, 1834, John Allan, his father figure, died and left him nothing. He went on to marry Virginia on May 16, 1836. In January 1842, Virginia broke a blood vessel while singing. Virginia died on January 30, ...
- 1677: Political Morality In Colonial Times
- ... that time. Specifically, the Church of England headed by the king. Puritan leaders led their followers to a place where they could express their religion with no fear of other faiths. One such leader was John Winthrop. John Winthrop was a powerful Puritan governor in the colony of Massachusetts Bay. He believed that this was a calling from God for him to lead the new religious experiment-a covenant with God to built ... on the evils of technology. While a citizen is entitled to free speech and press, threatening murder is not such an option. There must be limits set. In colonial times these limitations were set by John Winthrop. Total obedience was required and disobedience was not tolerated; therefore, Williams and Hutchinson were banished. I understand the reasoning behind his motives, but his limits were set too low. There was no room ...
- 1678: Jurassic Park Book Report
- ... something terribly goes wrong when a worker on the island turns traitor and shuts down the power. II. A Description of the Most Important Aspects of the Contents. The main characters in the book are: John Hammond who is a billionaire developer who has used his resources to create the dinosaur filled island known as Jurassic Park. He is an old grandfather, and he dies in the book by a dinosaur ... He also had a of a beard. Dr. Ellie Sattler is a Paleobotinist and Alan Grant who is among the first people to tour Jurassic Park. Tim who is the 11 year old grandson of John Hammond. He is kind of geeky, into computers and loves Dinosaurs. (Reminds me of myself.) His 7 older sister is Alexis. She has a kind of tomboy attitude and loves base-ball Ian Malcom is ... the book. There were many opposites in the characters and even the roles and elements of Tim and Lex were reversed. The book starts off when some of the dinosaurs have escaped form the island. John Hammond invites a group of scientists to the park. He also invites his grandchildren. Denis Nedry took a bribe from a rival company to get samples of Dinosaur DNA. In order to make his ...
- 1679: The Effectiveness of Eisenhower's First Term: 1953-1956
- ... sympathized with the general idea of the proposal but disliked the specifics of the plan that limited the President's ability to make treaties and executive agreements. Upon further study of the document, Cabinet member John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, said "the Bricker amendment would seriously curtail executive authority and make it impossible to conduct foreign affairs effectively."25 Dulles went further and indicated that the conflict caused by this ... the administration, Eisenhower was able to average a 69% approval rating in "Dr. Gallup's monthly sounding of how Americans rate the President's performance, exceeding all of the post-World War II presidents except Kennedy, who did not live to face the cost of such policies as his administration's increasing military involvement in Vietnam."39 In his first term, "Ike" averaged an approval rating of 68%. In the next ...
- 1680: "The Idea of a University": Education as Moral Training
- "The Idea of a University": Education as Moral Training John Henry Newman is a Catholic who had a different goal in life for other people, including himself. As a pronounced Catholic, Newman had reservations about these changes and wanted to defend the value of learning ... a University" talks about the attempts to define in Liberal Arts education. The believes that he had raised a lot of questions in the society. Many people agree and disagreed with his point of views. John believed that education should be moral training rather than instructions. Newman's believes for just a liberal education was definitely not enough for students. "It is a great point than to enlarge the range of ... professes, even for the sake of the students; and, though they cannot pursue every subject which is open to them" (Newman p. 40, 41). The students should be able to learn whatever their interests are. John believes that all the subjects connect together so there is no point for "Majors." In our society today, majors are very important to our course of studies and our future because we can get ...
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