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- 1861: Holocaust
- ... the number of victims was between five and six million. Early calculations range from 5.1 million (Professor Raul Hilberg) to 5.95 million (Jacob Leschinsky). More recent research, by Professor Yisrael Gutman and Dr. Robert Rozett in the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, estimates the Jewish losses at 5.59-5.86 million, and a study headed Dr. Wolfgang Benz presents a range from 5.29 million to 6 million. The ...
- 1862: History Of The Original Lincol
- ... 1832-1858, (New York, Literary Classics of the United States, 1989) Heckman, Richard, Lincoln vs. Douglas, (Washington D.C., Public Affairs Press, 1967) Holzer, Harold, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, (New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1993) Jahannson, Robert, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, (New York, Oxford University Press, 1965) Sigelschiffer, Saul, The American Conscience the Drama of the Lincoln- Douglas Debates, (New York, Horizon Press, 1973) Zarefsky, David, Lincoln Douglas and Slavery, (University of ...
- 1863: History Of Computer
- ... field. The first computers were made with vacuum tubes, but by the late 1950Υs computers were being made out of transistors, which were smaller, less expensive, more reliable, and more efficient (Shallis, 40). In 1959, Robert Noyce, a physicist at the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, invented the integrated circuit, a tiny chip of silicon that contained an entire electronic circuit. Gone was the bulky, unreliable, but fast machine; now computers began to ...
- 1864: Greek And Inuit Mythology
- ... cultures, the two legends are still comparable in several ways. There is a variety of legends about the origin of the earth, but similarities can be traced through practically all of them. Works Cited Ingpen, Robert, and Molly Perhan. Gods and Goddesses. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1996. Switzer, Ellen, and Costas. Greek Myths: Gods, Heroes, and Monsters. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1988.
- 1865: Great Depression 8
- ... Depression. Harrcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers. 1986 3). Hoover, Herbert. The Memoirs Of Herbert Hoover 1920-1933. The Macmillan Company. 1953 4). Meltzer, Milton. Brother Can You Spare A Dime. Random House Inc. 1969 5). Patterson, Robert T. The Great Boom And Panic. Henry Regenery Company. 1965 6). Rothbard, Murray W. America's Great Depression. D. Van Nostrand Company Inc. 1963 7). Smith, Gene The Shattered Dream. William Morrow and Company. 1970 ...
- 1866: Gilded Age
- ... to the many changes economically and socially. This paper will discuss the ways in which changes disrupted traditional American ideas and structures and how Americans clashed over coping with this massive change by looking at Robert Cherny's American Politics in the Gilded Age, "The River Ran Red" and the fourteenth amendment. Cherny discussed many of the changes that occurred during 1877-1895 in his book American Politics in the Gilded ...
- 1867: Gallipoli- The Anzac Legend
- ... I know that those young men who signed up to fight for Australia protected themselves and stood up for themselves to help the British. Bibliography 1.) Pearce, Representing Australian History, McMillan, Melbourne, 1992 2.) Darlington, Robert, History: Australia in the twentieth century, Reed International Books, Port Melbourne, Victoria, 1998. 3.) Video - Baptism by Fire.
- 1868: Galileo
- ... other enlightened figures, Galileo produced essays in the form of letters, which are now some of the best writings of biblical theology. The letters circulated widely, and a confrontation with the Church authorities forced Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, in 1616, to give out the disciplinary action to forbid Galileo to ³hold, teach and defend in any manner whatsoever, in words or in print² the Copernican doctrine of the motion of the earth ...
- 1869: Fort Henry And Donelson
- ... war material the South could not afford to lose. The Confederates fell back from Kentucky and from much of middle Tennessee, abandoning Nashville. Grant won fame and promotion, while both Floyd and Pillow lost command. Robert E. Lees later successes in Virginia obscured the significance of Fort Donelson as the first step toward the Confederate loss of the west, which spelled doom for the new nation.
- 1870: Famous African Americans
- ... from entering high school buildings. Bates stood firm with students and was arrested along with nine black students. She demanded protection of President Eisenhower for returning students. The 10 were awarded Spingarn Medal 1958. Weaver, Robert Clifton was an U.S. public official, born in Washington, D.C., secretary of housing and urban development (1966-69) under President Lyndon Johnson and he was the first black American to head a federal ...
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