an American aircraft dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan. This was the first atomic bomb ever used in the history of warfare. In the non-fiction book Hiroshima by John Hersey‚ first hand six survivors of this horrific event describe accounts of the bombing and its effects in vivid detail. The atomic bomb affected civilians of Hiroshima and the city’s environment in that people began acting irrationally‚ suffered from injuries and deaths‚ and it led to erratic environmental occurrences
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Franconia‚ Swabia‚ and Thuringia‚ later also Austria. DATE: June 25‚ 1530 DESCRIPTION: The Augsburg Confession is the founding manifesto of Protestantism. In 1530‚ hoping to unify the princes and cities of his German territories in the face of a threat from Turkish armies in eastern Austria‚ Emperor Charles V called a meeting‚ or Diet‚ in Augsburg [Germany]. He hoped that these leaders of the Lutheran revolt would issue a statement clarifying their beliefs‚ and that this might lead to a resolution of
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The Blake Transmitter (1833) Francis Blake used a carbon and platinum resistance element. Electromagnetic Telegraph Carl F.Gauss and Ernst H. Weber (1834) The telegraph was the first step to making electrical signals travel from one device to another. Speaking telegraph (1844) Innocenzo Vincenzo Bartolomeo Luigi Carlo Manzetti Transmitting the vibrations of the human voice by electrical means over a telegraph wire. He has lately made improvements in his method of transmission‚ by which
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March 4th 1933 FDR Inauguration March 6th Bank Holiday March 9th Emergency Session of Congress. Passage of Emergency Banking Act. March 10th Economy Act sent to Congress March 12th First Fireside Chat March 13th Banks begin to reopen March 16th Farm Bill sent to congress to remedy lack of purchasing power of farmers. This includes the measures against over-production which by October result in 6 million pigs being slaughtered and the meat thrown out as waste‚ and cotton crops plowed under.
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“Now I am become Death‚ the destroyer of worlds’?” These were the word that Mr. Robert Oppenheimer used after the Manhattan Project was successful. Mr. Oppenheimer was one the scientist who help create the nuclear bomb that was later‚ dropped on Hiroshima. The bomb name was “Little Boy” which help end World War II. So‚ I believe that it was necessary to drop the bomb on Hiroshima because the war was still going strong and Japan wasn’t showing no sign of surrender. The war was costing a lot of American
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|The first Christian missionaries from Tahiti‚ Hatai‚ Arue and Tahaara‚ arrive at Lakeba‚ brought via Tonga by the London Missionary | | |Society. | |1835 |Methodist missionaries‚ William Cross and David Cargill‚ arrive in Lakeba. They are accompanied by emissaries from Taufa’ahau the Tongan | | |high
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center of Europe. All of the most famous French musicians were either from‚ or performed and practiced in Burgundy. Most European 15th and 16th century music was focused on Burgundy style tempos. 1483 – Charles VIII comes into power Charles VIII (a.k.a. The Affable) ruled over France from 1483 to 1498. His reign was cut short because of a fatal accident. He hit his head on a door knob‚ fell into a coma instantly‚ and died from a subdural hematoma 9 hours later. He was born in June 1470 and died
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1440: Nicolas Cusanus‚ Earth is in motion 1440: Nicolas Cusanus‚ infinite universe 1450: Johann Gutenberg‚ first printing press in Europe 1472: Johannes Regiomontanus‚ observation of Halley’s comet 1480: Leonardo de Vinci‚ description of parachute 1480: Leonardo de Vinci‚ compares reflection of light to reflection of sound waves 1490: Leonardo de Vinci‚ capillary action 1492: Leonardo de Vinci‚ foresees flying machines 1494: Leonardo de Vinci‚ foresees pendulum clock 1514: Nicolaus Copernicus
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they created the U.S. Constitution. The colonies had to find some way to break from the hold that King George III had on them because he was still in control of everything. Thirdly‚ is the Declaration of Independence (1776)‚ and it has great significance to the American people because King George III had control of everything and it
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Ptolemys were of almost pure Macedonian Greek ancestry‚ possibly of some Iranian but no Egyptian ancestry. How ever there are a few skeptics who think her lineage may have been African American. 58 B.C. - Father‚ Ptolemy XII‚ requests military help from Rome to quell mobs in Alexandria. Ptolemy XII had a nickname of Auletes meaning piper. That was his nickname because he was known for drinking and playing music. Other kings in the Ptolemy ruling had nicknames too such as 57 B.C. - While Cleopatra
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