The first Hispanic rock star‚ Richard Steven Valenzuela aka Ritchie Valens was born May 13‚ 1941 near Los Angeles California. At an early age Valens developed a love for music; being able to play several instruments. While exposed to the rhythm and blues music though his father‚ Valens vowed to devoted most of his time to the guitar and would slowly strive to aspire his dreams of being an artist. By the age of 16 Valens joined his first band The Silhouette‚ an integrated group who played local high-school
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Without a doubt‚ Abraham Lincoln is one of the most celebrated president in American history. Like George Washington and all the presidents before him. Lincoln is deeply respected as a man of rare ability. Lincoln shaped the united states in his own image. Lincoln benefited all of the Americans who followed in his wake. Abraham Lincoln is one of the most celebrated in president in America because of his military strategy’s. He derived his ideas primarily from his generals‚ also from his prescient
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People often have thoughts about other people having more enviable achievements than themselves do‚ but even if they think about doing things to change‚ their lack of perseverance still causes a poor outcome next time. Benjamin Franklin is one of the best example of a successful image throughout the history. Although having no eminent family background‚ he had himself work-hard to become a admirable person‚ one of the Founding Fathers of United States. Everyone fairly has 24 hours per day‚ yet he
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The central figure that charted the course of the Abstract Expressionist movement was the deeply troubled painter Jackson Pollock. He was born Paul Jackson Pollock in Cody‚ Wyoming on January 28‚ 1912. He was the fifth and youngest son and grew up in Arizona and California after his family left him when he was a little over one year old. Pollock’s artistic journey began at the Manual Arts School in Los Angeles‚ California where he joined two of his brothers. From there‚ he went on to New York to
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Do you believe that a person can be an American Icon by a performance? I believe so; Jimi Hendrix did a performance of the famous Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock. Jimi Hendrix is considered to some an American Icon. An American Icon would be someone who had a journey to reach to their success. They would have to deserve to be who they are‚ and work hard to stay on the same level for become even more successful. During Woodstock Jimi Hendrix famously played his version of the Star-Spangled Banner
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Davy Crockett was the great defender of the Alamo during the Alamo fight against Mexico. He had the most accurate aim you will ever see in the world. He named the rifle he used in the Alamo. He named the rifle “Old Betsy” and it was his favorite rifle he had ever used. In the early life of Davy Crockett he led a dozen of Tennessee into San Antonio. A few days before Travis came to the town. Davy Crockett trained and practiced for years with his coach. His coach was Jacob Silver and they trained every
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Born on January 4th‚ 1643‚ in Woolsthorpe‚ England‚ Sir Isaac Newton was an established physicist and mathematician‚ who is credited as one of the greatest minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. Through his myriad of discoveries and endless research in the fields of optics‚ motion‚ and mathematics‚ Newton ultimately developed the principles of modern physics. His advances in his field are considered by many as nothing short of extraordinary; in fact‚ one might even credit his success to
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Hironobu Sakaguchi is a 54 year old (Born on 25 November‚ 1962 in Hitachinaka) Japanese video game designer‚ director‚ producer‚ a former film director and the creator of the Final Fantasy series. He is to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (4 March at 6:30‚ San Francisco) for his contribution to the world of gaming. He worked for Square (Now called Square Enix after the companies Square and Enix merged together) and is now the founder of Mistwalker
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Its funny to think about what your life is supposed to be we all have a purpose. Life is like checkers you have to jump over some obstacles to get to your destination. 20 years ago Jaylen Davis graduated from AMDA‚ who knew it would be the start of his career and most importantly his legacy. His name his family and his career depended on how hard he worked not only as an artist but as a man. Many things may have been said about this man about how lucky he got it how he is a one hit wonder but this
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Arthur Miller has had a great many successful and well-known plays‚ most notably The Crucible. Miller’s play “The Crucible” is actually based on the witch hunt that went on looking for communists and communist sympathizers in the writing and acting community in the 50’s‚ but set in Salem in 1692. After the play opened in 1953‚ the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) took an interest in the play writer. And in 1954they denied him a passport so that he could go to London‚ England where he
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