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- 1561: All Good Things
- ... front of the class, I had to act on it. I remember the scene as if it had occurred this morning. I walked to my desk, very deliberately opened by drawer and took out a roll of masking tape. Without saying a word, I proceeded to Mark's desk, tore off two pieces of tape and made a big X with them over his mouth. I then returned to the front ...
- 1562: Ira Remsen: A Scientist Unknown His Work
- ... researcher Constantine Fahlberg when they were working on a derivative of coal tar. One night, after a long day in his laboratory He we was having dinner with wife. When he was eating a regular roll. Remsen noticed that it was quite sweet at first, but it left a bitter after-taste. He made his wife taste the bread and he found nothing wrong or something unusual about the taste. So ...
- 1563: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... had been written before I was fifteen. Finally I got into the Military Academy and while there I wrote another book of poems. But I got a court-martial for neglecting to attend classes and roll calls. Even though I was kicked out of West Point, the authorities still allowed me to sell my books of poems to the students. Some students joked about how bad some of the poems were ...
- 1564: Jim Henson, a Gentle Genius
- ... Kermit the Frog with other muppets and guest starring live actors and celebrities. Hensons company produces a variety of childrens programming and educational materials, including books, music, and television shows, such as Fragle Rock and the Muppet Babies. In 1979 he made his first big screen Muppet movie titled the Muppet Movie. The musical comedy inspired a series of Muppet movies including The Great Muppet Caper (1981) and The ...
- 1565: Caravaggio
- ... in the realism of their drama. The Calling of Saint Matthew shows the moment at which two men and two worlds confront each other: Christ, in a burst of light, entering the room of the roll collector, and Matthew, intent on counting coins. The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew captures the moment when the executioner is forcing his victim to the ground. The scene is a public street, and as Matthew's ...
- 1566: Saint Bernadette Soubirous
- ... stream Bernadette hesitated, fearful of the cold water and her mother's warnings about her asthma. Suddenly there was a sound of wind and looking up Bernadette saw, in a niche high up in the rock, the figure of a lady dressed in white and holding a rosary. The Lady, as Bernadette later called her, appeared to Bernadette a total of eighteen times. On the 18th of February the Lady said ...
- 1567: The Political Career of Richard Nixon
- ... abdominal surgery in 1956, and a mild stroke in 1957. During his eight years as vice-president Nixon made a series of goodwill tours that took him to every continent. In 1958 he faced rioting, rock-throwing mobs in Peru and Venezuela. In 1959 he engaged the Soviet Union's premier, Nikita Khrushchev, in an impromptu debate in Moscow. In 1960 the Republican party chose its seasoned vice-president to run ...
- 1568: Dinner With Bill Gates
- ... companions and I snuck out of the dining hall and found our way to the front door. We grabbed our jackets and, taking one last look at the enormous house of this not so ideal roll model, left, exhausted and disgusted.
- 1569: Serial Murderer Ed Gein
- ... small and quiet town of about 700 in population (Milwaukee Journal). This was a town where every body knew each other or thought they did. Plainfield was soon to be a town that would soon rock the nation. His father George Gein held jobs as a tanner and carpenter when he wasn't working the farm. When he was not working he would often visit the local bars and drink himself ...
- 1570: Paul Revere (1735 - 1818)
- ... engraved seals, coats of arms, bookplates, produced portraits, and a songbook, plus he made silverware. In 1792 he opened a foundry to cast cannon and bells. At the age of 65 he learned how to roll sheet copper. He was the first man in the United States to do this. His copper sheets were used to resheathe the bottom of the constitution (" Old Ironsides"). Paul served in many different things like ...
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