Davy Crockett is a famous hunter and known for all of his hardships throughout his life. He was born on August 17‚ 1786‚ in eastern Tennessee. He then died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6‚ 1836. Davy Crockett was a very influential person because he is a great frontiersman‚ patriotic politician who worked for the Tennessee legislature‚ and soldier. In his early life he was hired out to a man named Jacob Siler‚ and was then forced to drive cattle. Crockett describes this as “… as little as
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Oodgeroo Noonuccal was born in 1920 on Stradbroke island (Minjerriba to the Aboriginal people)‚ which was in Queensland‚ and she was born into the Noonuccal people of the Yuggera group. She was an actress‚ writer‚ teacher‚ artist and a campaigner for the Aboriginal people. Oodgeroo shared a trait with her father that was the sense of injustice. She left school at the age of 13 and worked as a domestic servant until 1939. After that she volunteered for service in the Australian Woman’s Army Service
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Rosa Parks real name was Rosa Louise McCauley. She was born in Alabama in Tuskegee on February 14‚ 1913. Rosa Parks moved to Montgomery‚ Alabama when she was 11 and attended high school. She went to an laboratory school at the Alabama State Teachers’ College for Negroes. She later dropped out of school when she was 16 to take care of her sick grandmother and eventually her long-term ill mother. Rosa got married to Raymond Parks when she was 19 years old. Raymond was self educated and was a continuing
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Menachem Begin was born in Europe and lived through the Holocaust. After moving to Israel‚ then Palestine‚ Menachem led the Irgun in the fight for declarations of a Jewish state in Palestine through perseverance and hard work. Menachem became the sixth prime minister of the state of Israel. Menachem Begin is not only a hero because of his devotion to the Jewish state but to also because of his devotion to his religion -- Judaism In the early years of his life Menachem Begin lived in Brest -Litvosk
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“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.” This was once said by sociologist Charles Horton Cooley. That may be true‚ but what does it take to become one? How do artists find their passion? Elizabeth McKemy is currently a skilled art teacher at the Wilson High School. Art is not only her career‚ but it’s her passion‚ too. This has not always been her path‚ though. Like many people‚ McKemy at‚ one point‚ did not know what she wanted to do with her life. McKemy first got into art during
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“Liam O’Flaherty (also known as Liam Ó Flaithearta) was born in 1896 in the small village of Gort na gCapall‚ on one of the Aran Islands in Galway. In 1908‚ at the age of twelve‚ he went to Rockwell College‚ and then went on to study at Holy Cross and University College‚ Dublin - he did not attend the first two schools for long. O’Flaherty initially intended to join the priesthood‚ but in 1917 he left school to join the Irish Guards‚ enlisting under the name ’Bill Ganly’. He was injured
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Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei‚ born Febuary 15th 1564 and died January 8th 1642‚ was a major contrubitor to science during the Scientific Revolution. As a physicist‚ mathematician‚ astronomer‚ and philosopher‚ his contributions include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for heliocentrism. He also conducted experiments with pendulums‚ establishing the relationships between length and period. He also applied these principles to gravity‚ determining
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Dr. Mikao Usui MikaousuiDr. Mikao Usui was born in the Gifu prefecture of Japan on August 15th 1865. He was fascinated with Buddha’s desire to help others and the extraordinary metaphysical abilities he received after his enlightenment. He noted mainly his ability to heal physical illness and that many of his disciples acquired healing abilities by following his teachings. When Dr. Usui realized the limitations imposed on people by their sicknesses or physical disabilities‚ he wondered if it would
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Nicolaus Copernicus was the man whom laid out the foundation for modern astronomy. Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February nineteenth of 1477 in the christian town of Torun‚ Poland. He grew up with a great education‚ better than a lot of other people. He grew up very close to the church (metaphorically) . Sadly the “Copernicus” blood line never lived on after Nicolaus. He never had a wife to pass his DNA to make another brilliant person. Some suggest that he was depressed from isolation‚ and
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Brilliant‚ hidden‚ and mathematician are three words that describe Katherine Johnson. Many people believe that Katherine Johnson was just a smart woman at NASA‚ but she was so much more. As a well known mathematician for NASA‚ Katherine Johnson showed Americans that African American women are just as useful as white women. She left a lasting legacy as an extremely intelligent hidden figure. Katherine Johnson’s childhood was one of many contributing factors that helped her get to where she is
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