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- 1901: Women Who Changed the World: Rosa Parks
- ... when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This resulted in a boycott of the bus system by blacks, with Martin Luther King, Jr. leading the movement. In spite of harassment the boycott continued, and in 1956 segregated seating was challenged in a federal lawsuit. Within a few months bus segregation was ruled unconstitutional, and the buses were officially desegregated in December 1956. Parks, who had ...
- 1902: Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar
- ... Perhaps it was adopted in memory of his distinguished ancestry. Tiberius remained in excellent health most of his life. He was formal in manner but it was reported that he indulged in heavy drinking and sexual activity. He was also well educated in Latin and Greek literature. He also had a strong devotion to astrology. Tiberius took the throne at the age of fifty-six. This was during the life of ...
- 1903: Benjamin Franklin Was A Man of Many Accomplishments
- ... would get it for them if he could make a profit with doing so (Meltzer 66- 69) Franklin felt it was time to seek a bride. He needed to find a bride to satisfy his Sexual appetite (Meltzer 74). This aggravated problem pushed him into having affairs with young women he met on the street. He now showed his attention to Deborah Read. He married Deborah on the September 1, 1730 ...
- 1904: Serial Murderer Ed Gein
- ... masks he had made of people. They also found a belt made of the nipples of the women he had killed. Even with all the female body parts and other things Gein sternly denied necrophilia(sexual with the deceased). He said he would never do that because of the repulsive smell the dead people had (Gollmar 30-42). As the trial came around for the murders of Mary and Bernice, the ...
- 1905: Biography of Rasputin
- ... Verkhoture where he was taught the beliefs of the Khlysty sect. Rasputin perverted these beliefs into the doctrine that one is nearest to God when feeling holy passionlessness and that you reached this state after sexual exhaustion that comes after prolonged debauchery. Rasputin did not become a monk. Instead he returned home and married Proskovia Fyodorovna, who bore him four children. Marriage did not satisfy him, so he left home and ...
- 1906: Byron's Don Juan
- ... Byron himself died. His body was then brought to England and buried in family vault at Hucknall Torkard near Nottingham. At his death he was the most famous poet in Europe and the most notorious sexual adventurer. Lord Byron was a professional poet. His letters and journals prove his concern to be the best poet around and to be famous was consistently deep and serious. Ambition for power and popularity came ...
- 1907: The Legend of Baby Doe
- ... He and Baby moved to Denver, still keeping their affair secret by traveling different routes. It was around this time that Baby Doe realized that Horace had come to think of her mainly as a sexual plaything rather than his wife-to-be. She started to listen to him, agree with him, and suttley show him the faults in Augusta. When Tabor decided to build a million dollar Opera house, Baby ...
- 1908: The Life of Alexander Hamilton
- ... his heavily German-accented French, which was then translated by Hamilton. The experience bonded them, and von Steuben later became a permanent member of Hamilton's family. In June of 1778, Washington's strategy of harassment strikes on the British eventually brought both armies into battle at Monmouth courthouse. Hamilton rode with Washington into battle, and was present when the furious General gave the indecisive General Charles Lee his famous dressing ...
- 1909: Andy Warhol
- ... them boring on purpose to possibly prove a point. Again it was glorifying something thought of as being extremely pointless. In the late 70's he began to use sex and nudity, featuring films concerning sexual bondage. He may have been simply looking for a shock value content. Many artists work off shock value, it takes only the true to admit it and still continue with it. The last and most ...
- 1910: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... the War on Poverty. Johnson was especially skillful in securing a strong Civil Rights Act in 1964. In the years to come it proved to be a vital source of legal authority against racial and sexual discrimination. In 1964 the Republicans nominated Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona as their presidential nominee. Goldwater was an extreme conservative in domestic policy and an advocate of strong military action to protect American interests ...
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