Mohandas Gandhi
.... South Africa that were being oppressed by the white
population. His personal experiences, including being ejected from a train
in Maritzburg, of not being allowed the same rights as others lead him to
begin a movement to help his people.
While in South Africa, Gandhi made himself poor so that he could
identify with his the peasants. He then proceeded to start a colony that
consisted of abused labourers. The colony became very large and many cities
were crippled by the lack of labourers. The government reacted to this by
jailing Gandhi several times along with many other of his followers. The
war he fought was one without weapons .....
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Napoleon I
.... in 1793.
Later in 1793, the beginning of the French revolution, Napoleon led an
artillery brigade to push out a British fleet that the Royalists had allowed
in. Napoleon's mission was a success, and he was promoted to general, and
was assigned to the army in Northern Italy. During the early part of the
revolution, Napoleon had supported Maximilien Robespierre's revolutionary
group, and when Robespiere was overthrown in 1794, Napoleon spent two months
in jail for being associated with him. When he was released from jail,
Napoleon refused to fight a rebellion in Vandee, and he lost his military
position for it.
In 1795, P .....
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Neil Armstrong
.... in the 4th revolution. Perform
docked-vehicle maneuvers, Evaluate systems and conduct 10 experiments.
The mission was set to launch on March 15, 1966. Due to minor problems with the
spacecraft and launch vehicle hardware the launch was delayed one day. The
launch was successful. Because of problems with the spacecraft control system,
the crew was forced to undock after approximately thirty minutes. The
spacecraft-target vehicle combination had begun to encounter increasing yaw and
roll rates. The crew regained control of their spacecraft by using the reentry
control system, which prompted and early landing in a secondary land .....
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Nicholas Ferrar
.... where he
tried to promote the cause for the Virginia Company. His efforts were in vain
for the company lost their charter anyway.
Nicholas is given credit for founding a Christian community called the English
Protestant Nunnery at Little Gidding in Huntingdonshire, England. After Ferrar
was ordained as a deacon, he retired and started his little community. Ferrar
was given help and support with his semi-religious community by John Collet, as
well as Collet’s wife and fourteen children. They devoted themselves to a life
of prayer, fasting and almsgiving (Matthew 6:2,5,16).
The community was founded in 1626, when Nicholas .....
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Nostradamus
.... royal line.
Historians think Nostradamus had three other brothers, Bertrand, Hector, and
Antoine, but they are not sure and almost nothing is known about them besides
their names.
Nostradamus was educated by his grandfathers. First Peyrot, who had
been a great traveler, brought Nostradamus up in his home. He taught
Nostradamus the basics of mathematics, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Astrology.
After Peyrot de Nostradamus' death Nostradamus moved back in with his parents,
Jacques and Reynière. It is thought that his other grandfather took over his
education for a while, but the family decided to send Nostradamus to Avignon,
whic .....
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Dinner With Bill Gates
.... I turned to the servant, our guide, I suppose, and asked him who this man
was. "Oh that's Master Gates, the proprietor of this house. You'll be dining
with him shortly."
The servant led us through this room, past the pool and into a narrow
corridor. This hallway was adorned with pictures of Bill Gates, in various
characters and positions. The only one I recognized was the cover from the
recent issue of Time Magazine featuring him on the cover.
From here, we were led into the dining room and seated at the large
dinner table. The table occupied a majority of the room, however, there was an
enormous hole in the middle, o .....
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Pierre Trudeau
.... political spectrum. Early in his life, Trudeau had become somewhat
anti-clerical and possessed communist ideologies which were considered
radical at the time. Graduating from prestigious institutions such as
Harvard and The School of Economics in England, Turdeau returned to Canada
in 1949 and resumed his social science endeavors. At this time in Quebec,
the province was experiencing tremendous cultural and political differences
with the rest of the country. The Union Nationale had taken possession of
political matters in Quebec and was steadily dismantling the socialist
essence imposed on the province by the Federal government .....
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Pierre Elliot Trudeau
.... in a multicultural country such as
Canada.
Trudeau is fervent and stalwart in his opinions towards
Federalism and its ramifications on Canadian citizenry. Born and
raised in Quebec, he attended several prestigious institutions that
educated him about the political spectrum of the country. After his
time spent at the London School of Economics, Trudeau returned to
Quebec at a time when the province was experiencing vast differences
with its Federal overseer. The Union Nationale, a religious
nationalist movement rooted deep in the heart of Quebec culture, had
forced the Federal government to reconcile and mediate with them in
order .....
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Trudeau: The Politics Of My Way
.... days, Trudeau's love of trial by combat was predominant.
Mackenzie King would have never touched the unholy trinity of divorce, abortion
and homosexuality: each one of these issues is a sleeping dog best left to lie;
each could only infuriate conservative Canada from coast to coast. Since King
dared not touch them seriatim he certainly would not have touched them together-
in an omnibus bill.
This, Trudeau did joyously. The myths-makers have it at this was
Trudeau's first deliberated joust, the kingship being the final prize. But
Trudeau had no leadership aspirations at the time; all that he had, still has,
w .....
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Ferdinand Prosche: Life And Achievements Of A Pioneer
.... 1923, he was named Sir Ferdinand Porsche by the Italian government and
recieved an Honoris Causa from the Stuttgart Technical Institute.
Porsche worked in the design of Mercedes-Benz cars until 1928, when he
left because of disagreements the other other chief engineer of the factory,
Hans Nibel. But his last development in the factory was probably one of the most
important: The curious, exotic and fast SSKL.
After Porsche left Mercedes, he was soon hired to design the now extint
Austria cars, and later joined another very important German auto maker, Auto
Union. In this factory he designed the famous and co .....
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Richard Nixon
.... Department official, of being a Communist. Nixon, a member of the Un-
American Activities Committee, personally pressed the investigation. Hiss denied
further charges that he had turned classified documents over to Chambers to be
sent to the USSR. Alger Hiss was later convicted and indicted for perjury after
sufficient evidence was discovered. Nixon was reelected to Congress after
winning both the Republican and Democratic nominations as a result of gaining a
national reputation as a dedicated enemy of Communism.
In 1950, Nixon was chosen as candidate for the US Senate from California
by the Republicans. Again, he won this .....
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