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    Rizal

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    When Rizal Left New York for London From May 13-16‚ 1888‚ Dr. Jose P. Rizal stayed at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. It was one of the best hotels in New York City at the time and the building is now the location of the International Pencil Factory located at the Madison Park (incidentally where the Filipino Independence Day festival is held every year.) On May 16th‚ Jose Rizal gathered enough funds for a trip to London onboard the luxurious liner CITY OF ROME. The Statue of Liberty was only 2 years

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    The mystery of Jack the Ripper is a murder case of 5 victims who were brutally murdered. In the beginning‚ investigators made no progress in discovering the culprit of the murders until on September 27‚ 1888 when a letter was sent to a news organization signed with the name of Jack the Ripper. Multiple letters were sent and one of the letters in particular that was supposedly written by Jack the Ripper was found with a piece of a kidney that the author stated belonged to the most recent victim. Catherine

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    the only five victims that the London police force found‚ however one of the many rumours that has spread is that Jack the Ripper took some of his victims to dissect and keep. Mary Ann Nichols‚ who was discovered at 3:04am on the Friday 31st August 1888 on Bucks row‚ was found only moments after she had been killed by Jack the Ripper. The police‚ who were feeling annoyed at how close they were to catching the serial killer‚ they were sure that if he ever struck again he would be caught. Mary Ann Nichols

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    "name" was on everyone’s lips and was able to strike fear into anyone and everyone’s heart. In the late 1800’s "Jack the Ripper" began his rampage of killings. He was a serial killer who murdered several prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888. The people of London‚ mainly the press at the time‚ dubbed this killer‚ "Jack the Ripper." The name was given to the killer because at the time of the murders‚ a person wrote a letter to the police and press claiming to be this serial killer‚ and

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    JEFFERY DAHMER‚ BTK‚ AILEEN WOURNOS BY: CAMERON GADDI. ALINA DAYLEY‚ SAMANTHA DEMATTIA‚ MICHELLE CAMPOPIANO‚ KARLA HUERTA‚ FRANCISCO LOPEZ Jack The Ripper Jack the Ripper Most famous letter Annie Chapman The Rippers HIstory  Jack ‚ an English 1888 serial killer‚ killed many years ago yet his identity remains a mystery legend. Many woman were suspected to have been killed by him but only 5 were accepted to have been murdered by the Ripper. The Scotland yard had many suspects believed to have

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    19th Century European Art Renoir’s Washerwomen (c 1888): A Review Located between two major styles of his art‚ Renoir’s Washerwomen (c 1888)‚ displays the use of bright colors and a technique un-characteristic of his previous style. Living from 1841 to 1919‚ Pierre-Auguste Renoir would become known as one of the most prominent members of the French Impressionist painters. His paintings celebrated the beauty that could be found both within women and nature. He dedicated about fifteen years

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    which have never been explained. However the serial killer Jack the Ripper was never caught‚ evidences of his crimes were lost‚ and possible witnesses were never questioned. Jack the Ripper killed five women between the 31st of August 1888 and the 9th of November 1888. They were murdered in Whitechapel‚ in the East End areas of London‚ England. The

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    Melvil Dewey

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    a young adult he advocated spelling reform; he changed his name from the usual "Melville" to "Melvil"‚ without redundant letters‚ and for a time changed his surname to "Dui". From 1883 to 1888 he was chief librarian at Columbia University‚ from 1888 to 1906 director of the New York State Library‚ and from 1888 to 1900 secretary and executive officer of the University of the State of New York. In 1895 Dewey founded the Lake Placid Club with his wife Annie. He and his son Godfrey had been active in

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    Scientific and Technological Advances IN RIZAL’S TIME (1801-1900) Group III Jan Edrienne De Luis Myleen Joyce Favoreal Lady Fontamillas Yuji Vincent Gonzales Iza Maria Gonzalez Chelin Hernandez   Early 19th century - The main mode of transportation was the horse and the carriage (“Kalesa” in the Philippines). This was used by Rizal in his travels. Even after the advent of railway‚ remote areas still depended on the horse for local transport. 1780‚ France - A pedometer is a device‚ usually portable

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    FROM HELL During 10 weeks in autumn 1888‚ Jack the Ripper murdered five prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London - all within one mile of each other. The murders were linked because of the horrific way in which the bodies were mutilated. It has been said that Jack the Ripper is the most famous serial killer ever‚ even though he has killed as few as five people. The question of who the killer was mystifies us today as much as it did the London Police in 1888. The latest film to tackle the story

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