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Yamaguchi, a Japanese man, was the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, which took place near the end of World War II. On August 6, 1945 Yamaguchi had just arrived in Hiroshima on business when the atomic bomb, Little Boy, was dropped over the city just 3 [...]
Murphy was a famous actress who had starred in such movies as Clueless, 8 Mile, Sin City and Riding in Cars with Boys.
Kennedy was a Senator from Massachusetts and a leading member of the Democratic Party. He had been in office since November 1962, serving nine terms in the Senate. Kennedy was the youngest brother to President John F. Kennedy.
Gauntlett was the youngest Briton to scale Mount Everest. In 2003, he and a friend decided to tackle the climb with no real experience. The two trained for the climb in Pakistan, Ama Dablam in Nepal, Scotland, and the French Alps. On May 17, 2006 they reached the summit of Mount Everest. Gauntlett reached it just a [...]
Felt was an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), he is most famous for being the Watergate scandal whistleblower called “Deep Throat”. Felt (Deep Throat) was leaking information to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads to the story that eventually saw the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. Deep Throat remained a [...]
Alexey was the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and of All-Russia and the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was chosen to become the new Patriarch of The Russian Orthodox Church after the death of Patriarch Pimen I in 1990. Archbishishop Chrysostom (Martyshkin) told why Alexey was selected, “With his peaceful and tolerant disposition Patriarch Aleksi [...]
She was an African-American songwriter, guitarist, actress, singer, and most notable a civil rights activist. She is often referred to as “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”. Her style of music was mainly American folk music, jazz, blues and spiritual songs. It’s been noted that her style influenced Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan. Dylan [...]
Holliday was a gambler, dentist, and gunfighter in the “Old West” and is remembered for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Holliday was born in Griffin, Georgia to Henry Burroughs Holliday and Alice Jane Holliday. His father served in both the Civil War and the Mexican-American War. In September of 1873 [...]
Del Martin was a gay-rights activist and was married to Phyllis Lyon on June 16, 2008, in the first same-sex marriage in California when the law allowing such a union was passed. Martin and Lyons had co-founded the first lesbian political organization in the U.S. - the Daughters of Bilitis. They were also president and editor [...]
Vlad III the Impaler also known as Vlad Vlad Ţepeş, Vlad Dracula, and Dracula was the Prince of Wallachia reigning in 1448, from 1456-1462, and 1476. His reign was a reign of terror according to many legends. He is said to have tortured and impaled thousands of men, women, and children on stakes. Many of his atrocities [...]
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross) made 13 trips using the Underground Railroad to save over 70 slaves after escaping captivity during the Civil War. She was born into slavery and suffered a head wound as a result of being beaten as a child, a wound that would plague her even into her later years. She eventually [...]
Anne Frank was a young girl that lived until the age of 15 and is famous for the diary she kept documenting here experiences in Nazi Germany. The diary went from her 13th birthday until August 1, 1944 just before her arrest. Her diary has gone on to become one of the most important entries in [...]
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist who introduced the world to Gulag, the Soviet labor camp system. For his efforts Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. For his writings Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974. He didn’t return until 1994, twenty years after he was initally exiled. The [...]
Ringenberg was an aviator who logged more than 40,000 hours of flying in her career. She was also a member of the Woman Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Being a WASP meant she couldn’t fly combat missions, but she took place in some dangerous flying missions which included ferrying, test flying, and target towing.
He led Germany into the II world war. He was responsible for the holacaust the sistematic liquidation of 6 million jews and others.
Queen of Egypt, she had a relationship with Julius Caesar and later with Marc Anthony.
He was the most famous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 20ths century and led England in the II World War.
Indian leader who through nonviolent protest led India to independence from Britain.
The father of communism,wrote the “communist manifesto” together with Engels, and Das Kapital and other works.
Emperor of the French. He is remembered by many as a military genius.
Fascist dictator of Italy for over 20 years. He lead Italy into World War II.
Italian navigator who in 1492 is credited with discovering America, although it is known that other seamen reached America before him, notably the vikings. He was financed by the Spanish Crown and claimed america for Spain. He made 4 voyages to america.
He is one of the 3 most important Ancient Greek philosophers. The other 2 are Socrates and Plato. Socrates taught Plato, and Plato taught Aristotle.
First emperor of Rome, following Julius Caesar. Governed Rome from 27 BC to 14 AD.