... John Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the second of nine children. Kennedy announced his candidacy early in 1960. By the time the Democratic National Convention opened in July, he had won seven primary victories. His most important had been in West Virginia, where he proved that a Roman Catholic could win in a predominantly Protestant state. When the convention opened, it appeared that Kennedy’s only serious challenge for the nomination would come from the Senate majority leader, Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. However, Johnson was strong only among Southern delegates. Ken ...

... seize the throne. After involving Russia in two wars, in both of which it failed miserably, Ivan's mother Elena was poisoned. Now Ivan was an orphan, with both parents dead when he was just eight years old. This is Scar Number One: The Death of Both of His Parents. The ruling class at this time was known as the Boyars, and these Boyars held the responsibility of "taking care" of Ivan. During his childhood, Ivan would live in constant fear of them. Ivan's first sign of mental and emotional illness came while he was a teenager. He loved to torture animals, often throwing them into the Moscow city walls, yet he spent ...

... When Abram was about seventy years of age he moved with his family to live in Haran. The reason he moved was because "The God of glory appeared to our father Abram when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, and said to him, "Depart from your country and your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you." 2 While in Haran, Abram's father died and God spoke to him again saying, "Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father's house, to the land which I will show you." 3 He obeyed and left Haran with his brother Nahor's family and his Nephew Lot without really kn ...

... took him on a series of concert tours together with his sister, Maria Anna, born four and one-half years before Wolfgang; she, too, was a child prodigy. Both played the keyboard, but Wolfgang became a violin virtuoso as well. In 1762 the Mozart children played at court in Vienna; the Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, received the Mozarts cordially. During a large European concert tour (1763- 66) the Mozart children displayed their talents to audiences in Germany, in Paris, at court in Versailles, and in London (where Wolfgang wrote his first symphonies and was befriended by Johann Christi ...

... is a famous actor.I dont even know his name.My mother is Carrie Fisher and she kinda split on me also. I'm allways stuck at home by myself and she takes my little sister with her everywhere. My older brother is my half brother he is my father's son. I'm not sure who his mother is.When I was young my mother didnt tell anyone about me and my sister, it sort of upset me when my little sister was born because she made a big public statement about it.But I know she loves me even if she leaved me at home all the time by myself. I go to public school and my last name is Reynolds like my grandmother. There is no Fisher fou ...

... impact towards our lives. One such leader was the remarkable Martin Luther King Jr. Some refer to him as an activist, some as a visionary. His works towards the African-American rights movement are a staple in Black culture. King’s presence has made the United States a different place today. The impact of his life is evident internationally. However, like several great leaders of the century before him, there was a point where he fell. The date was April 4, 1968. The location: Memphis, Tennessee. King Jr. was visiting Memphis on a conference trip. He had done the same thing before and he had also been tel ...

... air. He was soon arrested and taken to a center for juvenile offenders. He hated being there, but loved going to see the band at the center play everyday. When he got the chance to go play in the band, he quickly did. He first started out playing the Alto Horn then moved to the drums and finally ending up with the trumpet. Two years later at the age of fourteen he was released from the center. He went out and got jobs to help get him to be able to afford an instrument. His jobs included, selling papers, unloading boats, and selling coal from a cart. On his off times he would go around to clubs like t ...

... Queen. Also in response to this, Kolbe joined the Order of Friars Minor Conventual at Lwow in Austrian Occupied Poland, where he took the name Maximilian, and in 1910 he entered the Franciscan Order. Father Kolbe can be compared to the Whiskey priest as they both wanted to help others understand the importance of religion and faith. In 1912, after finishing preliminary studies at the junior seminary, Maximilian was sent to Rome where he studied theology and philosophy. Ordained to the priesthood in 1918, Father Maximilian taught Church History at a seminary in Cracow in 1919. Although the Whiskey priest’s h ...

... John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts where he was one of nine children. The Kennedy family was very wealthy and provided means for the Kennedy children to pursue whatever they chose and chose politics. was elected to Congress in 1942 and as a new member Kennedy supported legislation that would serve the interests of his elements. Kennedy usually backed bills sponsored by his party but would sometimes show independence by voting with the Republicans. He also joined with the Republicans in criticizing the Truman administration’s handling of China. In China, the Nationalist gove ...

... they were very poor. Once three very important men visited Josiah and told him of a new law which said that children must attend school. Josiah sent Ben to the Boston Latin School because the only expenses were books and fire wood. At the Latin School all the children were expected to learn fables by heart. The fables had lessons which the school master thought was an important part of learning. Ben's best friend's name was Nathan. Ben helped Nathan learn the fable "The Wolf and the Kid", while Ben learned "The Dog and his Shadow". At the time of the recital of the fables the school master said, "and Ben wil ...