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- 1551: Abraham Lincoln
- ... of John Stuart and lived with Joshua Speed. Lincoln now had income from a law practice as well as a state legislator. November 4,1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd. The first son of the Lincolns, Robert Todd, was born August 1, 1843 at the Globe Tavern. In 1844 Abraham and Mary purchased a home from Dr. Dresser in Springfield for $1500. It was located at the corner of Eighth and Jackson ...
- 1552: Margaret Laurence
- Jean Margaret (Peggy) Wemyss was born in Neepewa, Manitoba on July 18, 1926 to Robert Harrison Wemyss, a lawyer, and Verna Jean, nee Simpson. Margarets mother died when she was only four and her father later married her sister, Margaret Cambell Simpson, a teacher and later a librarian. She ...
- 1553: Magic Johnson
- ... emerged in a tuxedos to show how classy college hoops were. Sports Illustrated favored MSU to finish near the top, with star five of their six players returning like Greg "Special K" Kelser, Jay Vincent, Robert Chapman and Earvin "Magic" Johnson and receiving practicing against teams in Brazil. Coach Heathcote told the players at the start of Earvins sophomore season, "I told the players it will take five things for ...
- 1554: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... construction of the Johnson presidential library in Austin. Johnson died on Jan. 22, 1973, 5 days before the conclusion of the treaty by which the United States withdrew from Vietnam. Bibliography Evans, Rowland, and Novak, Robert, Lyndon B. Johnson, The Exercise of Power : A Political Biography (1966); Geyelin, Philip, Lyndon B. Johnson and the World (1966); Goldman, Eric F., The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson (1969); Johnson, Lady Bird, White House Diary ...
- 1555: William Tecumseh Sherman
- ... was routed by devastating Confederate cannon fire. In August, 1861, Sherman and George H. Thomas were promoted to Brigadier General and were assigned to the Department of the Cumberland under the command of Brigadier-General Robert Anderson. Anderson was in command of Ft Sumter when P.T. Beauregard opened fire upon it, beginning the war. Sherman had previously served under Anderson, and it was Anderson that requested that Sherman be transferred ...
- 1556: William Lyon Mackenzie
- ... Secretary, he reserves the right to order Elgin to listen to the people. Moreover, in the election of 1848, more Reformers than Tories were elected to the Assembly. Therefore, Lord Elgin asked the Reform leaders, Robert Baldwin and Louis Lafontaine, to recommend which elected officials should advise him. It is obvious that they chose members of their Reform party in the Assembly. (Finn 1999) Lord Elgin promised that he would take ...
- 1557: Ulysses S. Grant 2
- ... General Franz Sigel to clear the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Despite the failure of Butler and Sigel and heavy losses at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, Grant continued to press the drive against General Robert E. Lee's army. After Sherman's success in Georgia and the conquest of the Shenandoah Valley by General Philip H. Sheridan, Grant forced Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond and to surrender at Appomattox ...
- 1558: Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson
- ... coming in first or second in 46 out of 54 contests. Jesse Jackson has acted many times as an international diplomat in sensitive situations. In 1984, Reverend Jackson secured the release of captured Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman from Syria, as well as the release of 4 8 Cuban and Cuban-American prisoners in 1987. He was the first to bring hostages out of Kuwait and Iraq in 1990. In 1990, Jackson ...
- 1559: Peter The Great 3
- ... in person, came down to earth? (4:107) Bibliography Grey, Ian; History of Russia; NY; American Heritage Publishing Co.; 1790. Putnam, Peter Brock; Peter: the Revolutionary Czar; NY; Harpers and Row Publishing Co.; 1973. Massie, Robert L.; Peter the Great; NY; Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; 1980. Massie, Suzanne; Land of the Firebird; NY; Simon and Schuster; 1980.
- 1560: Profiles Of Courage
- ... to Germany. During the time that the US was about to enter World War I, Norris was opposed. He also filibustered against the Armed Ship Bill because he hated war. George failed in these efforts. Robert Taft was a Republican from Ohio. He tried and failed many times to become president. Taft's iron mind never let him give up though. As far as foriegn affair were concerned, he was an ...
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