Kimberly Hampton will always be known for her accomplishments such as an honors graduate at the Presbyterian College she attended and as a tennis player to be undefeated. But more importantly, she will never be forgotten as the first female pilot to die during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. At the time, CPT Hampton was a OH-58 Kiowa Warrior pilot when she was fatally shot down on January 2, 2004 by a surface to air missile that hit the tail boom of her aircraft. She personally chose to fly this mission which was to provide security over watch for ground troops who were performing a cordon and search just outside Fallujah, Iraq.…
Clark Hunt is Chairman,CEO,and part owner of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and an investor-owner in Major League Soccer.Hunt also serves as chairman of Hunt Sports Group. Clark Hunt was born February 19,1965,he is 52. He grew up in Dallas,Texas.He is married to former Miss Missouri USA,Tavia Shackles,he has three children. Following the death of his father,Lamar Hunt, Clark Hunt Co-Inherited ownership of Kansas City Chiefs.Clark’s father,Lamar Hunt was one of the founding investors of Major League Soccer. In 2003, Hunt purchased the Dallas Burn,now known as FC Dallas.…
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born on September 8, 1828 and died on February 24, 1914. He was originally named Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain and was an American college professor from the State of Maine, who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. Although having no earlier education in military strategies, he became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of Brigadier General and Brevet Major General.…
William Dampier was baptized on September 5, 1651, the son of a tenant farmer of East Coker, Somerset, England. After participating in various trading and privateering ventures on both sides of Central America he joined, in 1683, a group of buccaneers bound for the Pacific by way of Cape Horn. Three years later he set out upon his first crossing of the Pacific as one of the crew of the Cygnet.…
Today, Jewish partisan Charles Bedzow celebrated his 92nd birthday. In honor of his incredible life, here is his story.…
Do you know anything about Prime Ministers? This prime minister didn't rule a country, but ruled the “Underworld” in the late 1800s and early and middle 1900s. Frank Costello wasn't a normal mobster who ruled with force, but he ruled with his intelligence. He was affiliated with many famous mobsters. He owned different casinos and had his nose in everything alcohol during prohibition. Though he was associated with many illegal crimes he only went to jail two times and one was when he was 15. “Frank Costello was an Influential mobster.”…
Orenthal James Simpson was born June 9th 1947, in San Francisco California. His Aunt, supposedly named him after a French actor she liked. By the age of two Simpson had contracted rickets, a childhood bone disorder that left him pigeon toed and bow legged. As time passed Simpson grew out of his bars and leg braces, he remained slightly pigeon toed for the rest of his life. In 1952, his parents divorced, leaving O.J. and his three siblings in the rugged, ethnically black Potrero Hill district in San Francisco, to be raised by their mother, Eunice Simpson. Although O.J. grew up with rickets, it never prevented him from excelling at sports.…
Michael Conrad was sentenced to the New Hampshire Department of Corrections in June 18, 1996 for armed robbery with a stimulated weapon. Prior to this arrest, he has three misdemeanors for stealing, indecent exposure, and domestic assault and battery. Conrad has not finished high school and has a low reading and math level. He has worked construction and has a record of alcohol and marijuana abuse. Since his arrival at the Intake Center, he has earned two misconducts charges. There are five levels to classify a prisoner. Level one are low risk criminals, where level five are high risk criminals. Conrad does fit the level two classification, hence, he should be reclassified from level three. Since his reclassification, Conrad has finished his…
Alvin Cullum York was born in a two room log cabin near Pall Mall, Tennessee, on December 13, 1887,[2] the third of eleven children born to Mary Elizabeth Brooks (8 August 1866 – 21 May 1943)[3] and William Uriah York (15 May 1863 – 17 November 1911).[4] William Uriah York was born in Jamestown, Tennessee, to Uriah York and Eliza Jane Livingston, both travelers from Buncombe County, North Carolina.[5] Mary Elizabeth York was born in Pall Mall to William Brooks and Nancy Pyle, and was the great-granddaughter of Coonrod Pyle, an English settler who settled Pall Mall. William York and Mary Brooks married on December 25, 1881, and had eleven children. The York children were, in order: Henry Singleton, Joseph Marion, Alvin Cullum, Samuel John, Albert, Hattie, George Alexander, James Preston, Lillian Mae, Robert Daniel, and Lucy Erma.[5] The York family is of English and Ulster Scots ancestry.[6] The York…
In 1895, Parham started was eagerly seeking for the “restoration of New Testament Christianity led him into an independent ministry and departed from Methodist Doctrine. Parham began to show interest in the Holiness theology and faith healing; he and his wife found “the Bethel Healing Home in Topeka in 1898, to provide lodging and faith training for individuals seeking a divine cure.” Parham taught his students that God would restore xenolalic tongues in Act2; He prayed to receive this baptism of the Holy Spirit in January 1901. The next day, he and thirty-four students filled with Holy Spirit. The “Apostolic Faith” movement multiplied, and he established another Bible School with William J. Seymour in Houston, TX in 1905. The following…
My choice for this semester’s congressional biography assignment is Representative Timothy Murphy from Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District. This choice was easy, as he represents an area adjacent to where I live, and in addition, I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple times during high school, so I was familiar with who he was and what kind of work he did at a young age.…
Experience excitement and fun for the whole family when you visit Carowinds, Charlotte's very own amusement park. Whether you want to ride the world-class roller coasters, cool down at Boomerang Bay, or watch live entertainment, Carowinds has everything you need for a day of adventure and fun. Sheraton Charlotte Airport Hotel is a short 15 minute drive from…
Though believed to be caused by ancestry, it can be argued that mental disorders are developed over time. According to the website medicinnet.org, “ Mental illness can be triggered in people who are exposed to psychological trauma, such as emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.” One such case would be Harvey Dent, or Two-Face, from DC Comics. Dent is a comic book villain with several mental disorders. Dent’s illness was caused by years of abuse from his father, said abuse was determined by the flip of a coin. In his adult years Dent would discover that the coin that his father used was rigged. This was the trigger that would lead to the development of his disorders, which include, bipolar disorder, dissociative identity disorder, and schizophrenia.…
William Wallace was born within the 1270s in Elderslie in Renfrewshire into a aristocracy family. little is thought regarding his early years and there square measure vital periods of his life that there aren't any reliable sources.…
Islam cannot and will not peacefully co-exist with any other religion on earth. Never.” Jan Morgan made this statement because she felt as if Islam was a religion of violence. Ever since the 9/11 attack, a majority of Americans have this concept that Muslims are terrorist and the religion promotes violence. Americans say the teachings within the Quran condone the use of violence to spread the faith. They believe that Islam is a dangerous ideology, if it is to survive in the future it will need a massive transformation. I refute with this statement because Islam promotes peace.…