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- 1211: Autobiography Of Albert Einstein
- ... is enormous. Yes, many have heard of Albert Einstein s General Theory of relativity, but few know about his interesting life that led this great scientist to discover ideas about atomic bomb, as well as television and other inventions. Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1874. Before his first birthday, his family had moved to Munich where his father, Hermann Einstein, and uncle set up a small electro ...
- 1212: A Political Biography On Jfk
- ... took positions that, while middle of the road, were somewhat more liberal than those held by Nixon, and defended them vigorously in a campaign across the nation. When he appeared in a unique series of television debates with Vice President Nixon, his mature appearance undercut Republican arguments that he was too young and inexperienced for such high office. Although public opinion polls predicted his victory, he was elected president by a ...
- 1213: DR Daniel J Boorstin
- ... notable work. He is one of America's most eminent historians, the author of more than fifteen books and numerous articles on the history of the United States, as well as a creator of a television show. His editor-wife, Ruth Frankel Boorstin, a Wellesley graduate, has been his close collaborator. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Oklahoma, he received his undergraduate degree with highest honors from Harvard and his ...
- 1214: JFK
- ... R. Barnett of Mississippi ignored a court order and prevented James H. Meredith, a black man, from enrolling at the state university. On the night of September 29, even as the president went on national television to appeal to the people of Mississippi to obey the law, rioting began on the campus. After 15 hours of rioting and two deaths, Kennedy sent in troops to restore order. Meredith was admitted to ...
- 1215: Bill Gates
- ... Hundreds of companies followed. MS-DOS dominated the market much like VHS beat out Betamax and how early TV sales boomed. The more people bought the product, the more companies produced it and with the television, the more sets were sold, the more programming was available. This was a main reason why Apple's Macintosh only controlled 9% of the market(Schlender 40). "The PC story would be far different if ...
- 1216: Twiggy
- ... look (Marilyn Monroe) was in. Twiggy set the 60s waiflike standard. What a leap from Marilyn to Twiggy. They were almost completely opposite. Twiggys influence is still seen on todays runways and television. The current day Twiggy is Kate Moss. Her figure is strikingly similar (Twiggy 31-22-32, Moss 33-22-35) (Century of Models). Remarkably, Twiggys favorite thing to eat was ice cream, bananas and ...
- 1217: Langston Hughes
- ... lecturing. He wrote sixteen books of poems, two novels, three collections of short stories, four volumes of "editorial" and "documentary" fiction, twenty plays, children's poetry, musicals and operas, three autobiographies, a dozen radio and television scripts and dozens of magazine articles. In addition, he edited seven anthologies. The long and distinguished list of Hughes' works includes: Not Without Laughter (1930); The Big Sea (1940); I Wonder As I Wander" (1956 ...
- 1218: Bill Gates
- ... standard of personal computers, so would Mr. Gates like to dominate the software end of the up and coming multimedia market. This market spans from virtual reality video games to interactive multimedia programming on cable television. To begin its movement into this market, Gates now has a contract to Asupply software to Sega, a Japanese video-games maker whose central character, a hyperactive hedgehog called Sonic, is the industry=s hottest ...
- 1219: Bill Gates
- ... standard of personal computers, so would Mr. Gates like to dominate the software end of the up and coming multimedia market. This market spans from virtual reality video games to interactive multimedia programming on cable television. To begin its movement into this market, Gates now has a contract to a supply software to Sega, a Japanese video-games maker whose central character, a hyperactive hedgehog called Sonic, is the industry's ...
- 1220: Authur Miller
- ... Price, about a New York policeman (1968). Miller's later works include The Creation of the Word and Other Business (1972) and The American Clock (1980). , In 1980 Miller won four Emmy Awards following the television debut of Playing for Time, the true-life dramatic special about the experiences of an all-woman orchestra in a Nazi concentration camp. The show itself received the Emmy for an Outstanding Drama Special, and ...
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