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- 6581: Abraham Lincoln
- ... new members in his family. Although, Abraham was a smart man and a political genius he had very little formal education. When Abraham was seven, the family moved to southern Indiana, Abraham had gone to school briefly in Kentucky and did so again in Indiana (3). In total Lincoln had a little less than one total year of education. Abraham did not have that much education because there were no teachers ...
- 6582: The Wright Brothers
- ... Wilbur, the oldest, was born on April 16, 1867 in New Castle, Indiana and Orville was born four years later on August 19, 1871 in Dayton, Ohio. (Porter 736) The two dropped out of high school before receiving their diploma and became interested in mechanical devices, (“Wright Brothers”) which after the death of Otto Lilienthal in 1896, led them to pursue flying mechanisms. (“Wright” 60) Between the years of 1900 and ...
- 6583: Martin Luther
- ... having a profession involving violence are doomed to eternal damnation. For instance, Luther believed a Christian soldier could be saved even if he killed other people known as the 'enemy.' Luther provides a soldier's prayer is his essay "Whether Soldiers, York-11 Too, Can Be Saved" (1526): ". . . But because I know and have learned from your gracious word that none of our good works can help us and that no ...
- 6584: Mark Antony
- ... was born into a wealthy family in about 83 B.C. and died in 30 B.C. at the age of 53. His Latin name is Marcus Antonius. For a short time he went to school in Greece. From 58 B.C. to 56 B.C. he was the leader of the Roman Cavalry. He was commander and chief of the army and from 54 B.C. to 50 B.C ...
- 6585: Tiger Woods
- ... new doors for the “average person” to get involved in golf. The younger generation and those of other ethnic backgrounds are now represented in the form of Tiger Woods. A classmate I had in high school once told me that golf is a “white man’s sport”. This remark discouraged me for a while, but the presence Tiger Woods inspired me to ignore that comment and go after my goal of ...
- 6586: Adolf Hitler
- ... he wanted so therefore he was not living the life he needed. As a reaction of his early life he couldn’t keep up with his schooling and he ended up dropping out of art school. Hitler was an aggravated person. He was looking for a job where he was the boss and everyone would look to him for guidance. In his involvement in World War 1, he separated people into ...
- 6587: John F Kenendy
- ... to some children.He had been President for little more than 1000 days.It was 12:30 in the afternoon as the motorcade rolled on a man,on the sixth floor window of a Texas School Book Depository aimed his Sniper rifle and fired.John Kennedy was hit first in the throat,second shattered his skull.Governor Connally was shot in the back on the third shot but was not fatal ...
- 6588: Johann Sebastian Bach
- ... was a demanding one; he had to compose cantatas for the St. Thomas and St. Nicholas churches, conduct the choirs, oversee the musical activities of numerous churches, and teach Latin in the St. Thomas choir school. He had to get along with the Leipzig church authorities, which proved to be difficult. But he persisted, polishing the musical component of church services in Leipzig and continuing to write music of various kinds ...
- 6589: Adolf Hitler
- ... he considered inferior human beings. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889, the son of a minor customs official and a peasant girl. A poor student, he never completed high school. He applied for admission to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna but was rejected for lack of talent. Staying in Vienna until 1913, he lived first on an orphan's pension, later on small ...
- 6590: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... years later his mother remarried and moved to a nearby village, leaving Isaac in the care of his maternal grandmother. Upon the death of his stepfather in 1656, Newton's mother removed him from grammar school in Grantham in hopes of training him to manage her now much enlarged estate, but even then Newton's interests ran more toward books and mathematical diversions. His family decided that he should be prepared ...
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