Osama Bin Laden was the leader of the Terrorist group Al-Qaeda‚ the organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States‚ along with numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a Saudi Arabian‚ a member of the wealthy bin Laden family‚ and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. He was also born in the family Mohammed Bin Awad Bin Laden. He studied at university in the country until 1979‚ when he joined mujahideen forces in Pakistan fighting
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DON W. Keck‚ COMBATE ENGINIER for the oklahoma project don w. Keck worked in the combate engenire and a medical persnale in iraq‚ in response to the first man mad 3.5 rocket launcher ever by his age group in history‚in iraq.he 39 at the time. By dennis turk Globe Correspondent / september 1‚ 2010Top of Form 1 Bottom of Form 1 don w. Keck‚ a noted enginer‚ was as passionate about his vegetable garden as he was about thermodynamics. An affectionate husband and doting father‚ Dr. Keck
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Born in the town of Cairo‚ Georgia on January 31‚ 1919 arose an American hero that single handedly revolutionized the world of baseball forever. Jack Roosevelt Robinson‚ son to single mother Mallie Robinson‚ was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. Despite the cruelty and hardships‚ he broke the color barrier; thus changing the game of baseball as the world knew it. Robinson attended John Muir High School and Pasadena Junior college. Dedicating his school years to sports—basketball
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Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides wan an Athenian who lived from circa 450-404 B.C. He was an arrogant leader‚ general‚ and statesman. He was involved in governmental affairs pretty much wherever he went. Alcibiades was born circa 450 B.C. in Athens. His parents were Cleinas and Deinomache. Alcibiades’ family was Athenian and was very wealthy and noble. Alcibiades’ mother Deinomache was an aristocrat. His father Cleinas died in the Battle of Coronea. After his father’s death‚ Alcibiades’ relative
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Louisa May Alcott was an exceptional novelist in a time when few female authors were recognized. She lived in the midst of the turmoil caused by the American Civil War. Bronson Alcott‚ Alcott’s father. Louisa May Alcott‚ the second daughter of Bronson and Abba May Alcott‚ was born on November 29‚ 1832 in Germantown‚ Pennsylvania. Louisa’s father was a transcendentalist‚ so he didn’t work very hard to make money. .At the time of her birth‚ the Alcotts were living in Germantown. Louisa’s
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Early Life The early life of Noble Drew Ali is a very mysterious one. Not much information is known about his true childhood and life growing up. He is remembered as an extremely influential figure to the black community. He was believed to been born Timothy Drew on January 8‚ 1886 in North Carolina. Studies show that he was either the son of two former slaves who were adopted by a tribe of Cherokee‚ or he was the son of a Moroccan Muslim father and Cherokee mother . Apparently‚ his mother died when
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BIOGRAPHY Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín‚ or Nick Joaquín was born in Paco District Paco‚ Manila. He dropped out of high school and did odd jobs on Manila’s waterfront and elsewhere. He taught himself by reading widely at the National Library of the Philippines and the library of his father‚ Leocadio Joaquín‚ who had been a lawyer and a colonel in the Philippine Revolution. This developed further his interest in writing. His mother was named Salome Marquez Joaquin. Joaquín was first published in the
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In Grand Rapids‚ Michigan on July 21‚ 1941‚ Mickey John Dyer was born. This was the same year Franklin D. Roosevelt was the President of the United States. In 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt had to make the tough decision of declaring war with Japan after the bombings of pearl harbor on December 7th. Mickey was born from a Dutch immigrant parent named Gertrude and an American born parent named Lyle. Understanding his past‚ Mickey tells about some early stories on why his mother’s family originally moved
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Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg is a co-founder and CEO of Facebook. Zuckerberg is in charge of setting the overall direction and product strategy for Facebook. He leads the design of Facebook’s service and progress of its core technology and communications. He began this social network in 2004 with his roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes and best friend Eduardo Saverin. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born in Dobbs Ferry‚ New York on May 14‚ 1984‚ and was raised in a well-educated family
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Throughout history there are many great people who dedicated their life to the advancement of the African American race. Few of these people created as much controversy during the 1960’s then the man who would be known as Malcolm X. Unlike many of the civil rights leaders of the time who promoted non violence‚ Malcolm X believed in the use of aggressive tactics in his battle for equality. Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19‚ 1925‚ in Omaha‚ Nebraska to Earl and Louise Little. His father
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