Louis Riel was born in the Red River Settlement in 1844. He was a promising student. He was sent to Montreal to train for the priesthood when he was 13. Because of his father’s premature death in 1864‚ Riel lost interest in the priesthood and he withdrew from the college. An attempt at training as a lawyer ended similarly‚ and by 1868 Riel was back in the Red River area. Ambitious‚ well educated and bilingual‚ Riel quickly emerged as a leader among the Metis of the Red River. In 1869-1870 he
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David Belasco David Belasco was an American theatrical producer‚ impresario‚ director‚ and playwright. He was born in San Francisco‚ California on July 25‚ 1853. His parents were Jewish and they moved during the gold rush to San Francisco. He worked in San Francisco theaters doing a variety of jobs‚ such as call boy and script copier. He worked as a stage manager for the Madison Square Theater‚ and the old Lyceum Theater. He also wrote many plays and was very successful so he became an independent
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Brian Maraña is the embodiment of the saying‚ “there’s more than meets the eye.” Mr. Maraña‚ as the students of Xavier School San Juan term to him as‚ is a simple man. A student might say he looks like an average‚ every-day‚ schoolteacher. Though if one were to look closely and investigate‚ one would find a man born and raised in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ who graduated with honors‚ attained the title‚ Summa Cum Laude upon graduation‚ taught as a CLE teacher‚ and attained the head position of the International
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Ronald Reagan was born on February 6‚ 1911‚ in Tampico‚ Illinois‚ to Jack and Nelle Wilson Reagan. He was raised in a poor family in northern Illinois. He went to Eureka College in 1932. As his first job he was a sports broadcaster and later moved to Hollywood to start his career as an actor in 1937. He starred in a few major productions and was twice elected president of the Screen Actors Guild. While he worked there‚ he focused on rooting out the Communist influence. In 1962‚ he switched parties
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was conceived on February 23‚ 1868‚ in Incredible Barrington‚ Massachusetts‚ to Alfred and Mary Silvina (née Burghardt) Du Bois. Mary Silvina Burghardt’s family was a piece of the little free dark populace of Extraordinary Barrington and had since a long time ago claimed land in the state. She was plummeted from Dutch‚ African and English progenitors. William Du Bois’ maternal incredible extraordinary granddad was Tom Burghardt‚ a slave (conceived in West Africa around
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WOW! Lil Boosie (TORRENCE HATCH) was born on November 14 1982 in butane rouge Louisiana. Terrence was bestowed the nickname Boosie by his family‚ and he was raised on the south side of Baton Rouge. As Boosie‚ he has released six or seven regular studio albums while contributing to a number of mixtapes and compilations. Lil Boosie’s cousin Young Bleed introduced Boosie to Baton Rouge rapper C-Loc in the late 1990s.[2] He was mentored by Young Bleed and C-Loc and joined the group Concentration Camp
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Emily Stowe was without a doubt an inspirational‚ motivated feminist determined to make a difference in the lives of women in Canada. She was a key part of the development of our nation‚ and a true pioneer in the medical and political systems. 2 Emily Howard Jennings was born in Norwich‚ Ontario on May 1st‚ 1831 to parents that were strong believers in the importance of receiving proper education: such strong believers‚ in fact‚ they actually home schooled their daughters. 1 At only 15‚ Stowe
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Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was the son of Abdullah. He (PBUH) belonged to Quraish tribe. He (PBUH) was born in Makkah. His (PBUH) father died before he (PBUH) was born. First he (PBUH) was nourished by his (PBUH) grandfather. But after the death of his (PBUH) grandfather‚ he (PBUH) was looked after by his (PBUH) uncle‚ Abu Talib. His (PBUH) uncle kept him with his (PBUH) merchant caravan. He (PBUH) had been working as an agent in the business of Hazrat Khadija R. A. Later on
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Ouka Leele is a Spanish photographer‚ painter‚ and poet. Born in Madrid into an artistic family‚ she learned photography at an early age‚ though she initially hoped to become a painter. In the late 1970s she joined post-Franco Madrid’s turbulent cultural scene‚ the movida madrilène; but had her first photographic show‚ Peluquería (Hair Salon)—figures bizarrely arranged with objects like turtles or electric razors ( Barcelona in 1979). In the 1980s she became famous for large‚ carefully organized
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Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917)‚ known as the Grand Old Man‚ was a Parsi intellectual‚ educator‚ cotton trader‚ and an early Indian political and social leader. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895‚ and the first Asian to be a British MP. Naoroji is also credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress‚ along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India brought attention
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