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- 1081: Frank Sinatra
- ... Sinatra-themed films and TV shows flooded popular culture, along with reissued Sinatra discs and vintage films of Sinatra and friends in concert. "Frank Sinatra was the 20th Century," said Bono, lead singer of the rock group U2, and a retro-swinger himself. "He was modern, he was complex, he had swing and attitude. He was the big bang of pop...the man invented pop music." "May you live to be ...
- 1082: Drew Barrymore
- ... down Drew, they found her and a friend and returned them in handcuffs to the hospital. Drew finally thought to make her recovery her top priority, and she was forced to admit she had hit rock bottom. After 3 months stay she had made much progress and was discharged. Barrymore was threatened to tell her story world wide by doing this it influenced her to want to help other troubled young ...
- 1083: Cleopatra
- ... then returned with an army. Ptolemy sent an army to meet with her. At this point, Julius Caesar of Rome arrived in pursuit of an enemy, who was seeking help from Ptolemy. Cleopatra had to roll herself up in a rug so that she wouldnt get killed while entering Egypt. If she hadnt hidden herself she would have been killed. When she unrolled herself in front of Caesar he ...
- 1084: Blaise Pascal
- ... summer of 1654. They considered the dice problem, and the problem of points, both of which were considered by Cardan, Pacioli, and Tartaglia. The dice problem raised the question of how many times one must roll a pair of dice before one expects double sixes while the problem of points asks how to divide the stakes if a game of dice is incomplete. They solved the problem of points for a ...
- 1085: Magic Johnson
- ... s sister). The next game, Earvins shooting was off and he ended up with sixteen assists. The Everett Vikings again did not pass quarterfinals. In Earvins junior year, the Vikings got on a roll and made it to the state semi-finals, but were knocked out in a sixty-eight to sixty loss to Detroit Catholic Central. Earvin fouled out with 1:29 left in the game. He had ...
- 1086: William Penn And The Quakers
- ... Penn's heirs, who eventually abandoned Quakerism, were often in conflict with the Assembly, which was usually dominated by the Quakers until 1756. One after another, governors defending the proprietors' prerogatives battered themselves against the rock of an Assembly vigilant in the defense of its own rights. The people of the frontier areas contended with the people of the older, southeastern region for more adequate representation in the Assembly and better ...
- 1087: Rocky Marciano
- ... of becoming a champion boxer. In spite of Pasqualina's strong admonitions and suspicions, Rocky and his life-long close friend and trainer Allie Colombo continued to pursue the arduous routine of fully preparing "The Rock" as a professional fighter. Allie set up a brutal regimen that included a minimum of seven miles of roadwork per day, wearing very heavy training shoes. On their frequent sunrise excursions through Rocky's favorite ...
- 1088: Prophet Muhammad
- ... al-Israa and al-Miraaj (around 621 C.E.). In al-Israa, Jibril (a.s.) took the Prophet (s) from the sacred mosque near the Kabah to the furthest mosque in Jerusalem (Dome of the Rock) in a very short time in the latest part of the night. Here, Prophet Muhammad (s) met with previous prophets (Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and more, peace be upon them) and he led them in ...
- 1089: Nelson Manndela
- ... not earn them any leniency toward the brutal apartheid laws. The government wasn't alone in trying to frustrate Mandelas legal practice. The Transvaal Law Society petitioned the Supreme Court to strike him off the roll of attorneys but was unsuccessful. Mandela's desire to serve his black fellow citizens had done nothing unworthy to remain in the ranks of an honorable profession (Apartheid). During the fifties, Mandela was the victim ...
- 1090: Minor White
- ... that can keep my interest and make me think, is something I like. I also like how he just used simple natural subjects. Some examples are patterns of snowfall, a miner digging, and even a rock formation on a beach. It only added to my quest for an answer. His work is currently shown through every book and article written by or about him. There are literally hundreds of books containing ...
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