Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely on June 23‚ 1940 to a railroad porter and a maid. She was the twentieth of twenty two siblings. She became stricken with polio as a child‚ and developed problems in her left leg‚ so she became required to wear a brace. Soon though‚ she was able to overcome the disease as well as her resulting physical abilities. (Biography.com) Rudolph grew up in the south before segregation was outlawed so‚ for her education she attended the all black‚ Burt High
Premium Family African American High school
loved went around the world sharing the moments that he had and fascinating experience amazing people. When Jacques was young he didn’t do well in school by the age of 13 he went to boarding school in 1933 Jacques was in a car accident nearly took his life. He took up daily swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. One of his friends named Philippe Tailliez gave him a pair of swimming goggles and he started to look at the deep sea that’s where it all began. In time he invented an underwater breathing machine
Premium English-language films Ocean Swimming
The Life of Alexander the Great At the age of twenty years old‚ Alexander’s reign of the Macedonian throne began in 336 B.C. following the death of his father‚ Philip II. Olympias‚ Alexander’s mom‚ was thought to have assassinated her own husband so that the throne would be prepared for her son. When Alexander became King‚ he wanted to do great things so that everyone would know that he is King. From the beginning of his reign‚ he always had a passion for fighting and winning wars. He also noticed
Premium Alexander the Great Greeks Philip II of Macedon
Oprah Winfrey was born on a small farm in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi on January 29th‚ 1954‚ and life was immediately rough for her. Her grandmother raised her for the first six years of her life‚ while her teenage mother was looking for work up north. Whilst living with her grandma‚ it was very primitive and poverty was a normality. She would often wear clothes made of potato sacks and garbage bags‚ having kids in the neighborhood laugh at her constantly. Her only friends at the time were the animals
Premium Oprah Winfrey The Oprah Winfrey Show Talk show
Have you ever thought about what the life was like for a poet‚ songwriter‚ and cartoonist? Well this begins with Shel Silverstein! Silverstein was born on September 25‚ 1930; in Chicago‚ IL. According to Shel‚ he wasn’t very popular in school with girls or even popular with sports so he had no one to be influenced by. “I was also lucky that I didn’t have anyone to copy‚ be impressed by. I had developed my own style.” (Shel Silverstein) In Shel’s early career‚ Shel served in the U.S. armed forces
Premium
Freddie Mercury was the main singer of the band Queen‚ who were a rock band. He was mostly known as the most versatile rock singer as he was known to really engage in his audience and his performances. His childhood was clearly particular due to his extraordinary gifts at sports‚ art‚ and whatelse he could put his mind to. The headmaster noticed this‚ and nudged him on the path of music‚ with permission and money from Mr. Mercury’s parents. He began to play the piano and joined the choir‚ where he
Premium HIV AIDS Sexual intercourse
Rachel‚ knocking her unconscious. Rachel was rushed to emergency surgery where she later died from brain damaged with her family by her side. Also if Rachel was to survive this tragic event she would have been in vegetative state for the rest of her life. Rachel was born on November 17‚ 1978 in London Ontario‚ and was the oldest of three children. When growing Rachel was training to become a figure skater by the age of 4 but by the age of 12/13 she discovered that she had a passion for acting and
Premium English-language films American films Academy Award for Best Actress
Revolutionary War. Additionally‚ Benjamin Franklin invented things‚ such as bifocal glasses‚ the lightning rod‚ and swimming fins. Aside from his political and scientific talents‚ he was also a philosopher with a deep insight into the minds of people‚ and life itself. He was very interested in philosophy‚ and wanted to become a morally perfect person‚ who never did any harm‚ nor had any bad habits. Looking to his many virtues‚ we discover Benjamin Franklin to be disciplined‚ creative‚ and witty. Discipline
Premium Benjamin Franklin American Revolution United States Declaration of Independence
Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace or Augusta Ada King-Noel was a very important person in mathematics. She paved a very important way to upgrade they way people perceived computer programing. She was considered the first person to write the first computer program. Ada was extremely educated for a woman in the 1800’s. In a man’s world in the 1800’s women were not expect to be as influential as Ada Lovelace was. Augusta Ada Byron was born in London‚ England‚ United kingdom on December 10‚ 1815. Her
Premium Charles Babbage Charles II of England
Short Hills‚ New Jersey. Following his father’s death his mother enrolled him in a series of private schools in Connecticut. Even at a young age he was fascinated with acting and the theater. These early interests would be the first step in his life long path of success in the arts. Robert Ludlum received his early education at The Rectory School‚ a junior boarding school‚ in Pomfret Connecticut. He then attended high school at Cheshire Academy a college preparatory boarding school. Following
Premium Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Short story