Neal Dow was a man who contributed to many causes during his time. He was a general for the union during the Civil War and was also very active in the cause of abolishing Negro Slavery. He was also a presidential candidate in 1880 for the Prohibition party. “Among additional social causes, he interested himself in crime prevention, prison reform, and women's rights” (Neal Dow Prohibition Presidential Candidate 1880). The cause he is most known for is the temperance movement which is the movement against the consumption of alcohol.…
He had become interested in computers at the age of thirteen and it only progressed on from there.. When he went of to college he attended Harvard University but he would eventually go on to take on entrepreneurship and…
Tom Gaskell was part of the 1964-65 Bras d’Or Lakers hockey club that is enshrined in the Northside Sports Hall of Fame. I talked with the former defenceman from Little Bras d’Or just prior to Christmas, and he was kind enough to share some of his memories of the team. The custom for many of the Bras d’Or Lakers was to leave Cape Breton and go to work on the “lake boats”(thus the name of the team) after the hockey season had ended in the spring. The vessels carried products such as coal, grain, steel and produce, and they sailed North America’s five Great Lakes: Lakes Ontario, Superior, Erie, Huron and Michigan. “If we were still playing hockey, the guys would wait for a late call-up in April or May, June or July,” recalled Gaskell.…
Twelve months ago, Jonathan Lucroy was considered one most valuable targets at the trade deadline, before the Milwaukee Brewers dealt him to the Texas Rangers for a prospect heavy haul. Fast forward to now, and it seems like Lucroy may be hearing his name on the trade block again, very soon. According to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com, Texas is open to moving Lucroy, and going forward with a catching duo of Robinson Chirinos and Brett Nicholas. Despite Lucroy being the most accomplished name in the bunch, his value has regressed significantly on both sides of the ball.…
My serial killer's name is Richard Ramírez. Biographical Information His birthday is February 29, 1960. His death was on June 7, 2013.…
The Great Mahele was the start of land divisions in Hawaii that started in 1848 created by King Kamehameha III. The foreigners came to Hawaii to gain land and to take over Hawaii. Land was very important to the foreigners because the land they got was used to start companies, sugar plantations, and to take over Hawaii. The foreigners also underwent a rule that states that land equalled to power (Potter, Kasdon, and Rayson). The Great Mahele benefited the foreigners because they easily got land and they obtained resources without using much money.…
Joe Diffie was born in December 28, 1958. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His first performance came when he was age four, and he performed in his aunts country music band, he played in a rock band during high school, and later moved on to gospel quartet. After graduating he attended Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. During college he joined a bluegrass band called, Special Edition.…
Throughout Randy Pausch's childhood, he was influenced by the details around him. These details would help Randy Pausch become successful later on in his life. For instance during his childhood, Randy Pausch’s football Coach helped Randy become successful. Coach Graham was a very strict coach that would always push Randy to his limit. During Randy Pausch’s first day of training, Coach Graham made Randy practice without any footballs.…
Richard Ramirez known as “The Night Stalker” was an American serial killer, rapist and burglar. He was one of the most horrendous serial killers who terrorized California in the 1980’s. Ramirez was born in El Paso, Texas, on February 29, 1960. He was the youngest of Julian and Mercedes Ramirez's five children.…
In the early spring of 1781, Lord Charles Cornwallis led the British Army to the Guilford Courthouse to face the colonial militia and their general, Nathanael Greene. Greene knew of the British Army’s advancements and had set up three lines of defense to fight the British, whose army was under half the size and was weary from traveling. The three lines of defense ended up dividing the militia into smaller sections the British Army could take on, causing the Continental Army to lose the battle. “The Battle of Guilford Courthouse” plaque in the Visitor Center of the park depicts the American general’s main goal for dividing his men by stating, “Greene’s plan threw away the overwhelming American advantage of numbers … intent on crippling—rather…
Dr Charles Nelson Perkins (Charlie Perkins) 16 June 1936 – 19th October 2000 64 years old. Background Dr Charles Perkins was an Australian Aboriginal activist, Soccer player and administrator. Born in Alice springs near Aritunga to a Kalkadoon mother and an Irish father, he was the first ever Aboriginal Australian to graduate from the University of Sydney (Wikipedia, 2017.) Career Milestones The proclaimed Australian Living national treasure began playing Soccer for Port Thistle in Adelaide in 1950 before his talents lead him overseas to trial for Liverpool F.C (Indigenous Australia, 2017).…
Composer, arranger, and conductor William Grant Still was born on May 11, 1895, in Woodville, Mississippi. After his father, a university professor, passed away before he was born, his mother, a successful teacher, moved the family to live with Still's grandmother in Little Rock, Arkansas. Not only did his family value literature and music, but his childhood home was filled with the sounds of his grandmother singing spirituals, which seems to inspire his honorary career. In 1911, Still enrolled in Wilberforce University in Ohio, where he began to study medicine.…
Rory Feek is still mourning the loss of his wife Joey, but that doesn’t mean that he won’t still be still living his life. Rory had a great marriage with joey and will now be raising their young daughter Indiana without her. People shared that Rory Feek has big plans now to help keep Joey’s legacy alive by writing a book all about their journey. Joey will live on in their music videos, but this will be a great way for Joey to live on as well.…
According to the New York Times (2004) “On September 9, 1993, Christopher Simmons, 17, and Charles Benjamin, 15, broke into a trailer south of Fenton, Mo., just outside St. Louis. They woke Shirley Ann Crook, a 46-year-old truck driver who was inside, and proceeded to tie her up and cover her eyes and mouth with silver duct tape. They then put her in the back of her minivan, drove her to a railroad bridge and pushed her into the river below, where her body was found the next day. Simmons and Benjamin later confessed to the abduction and murder, which had netted them $6.” Simmons was tried, found guilty, and received the death penalty.…
The murder of Hae Min Lee has always been a very mysterious case that leads to millions of dead ends. There is few evidence of anyone doing it, but Adnan Syed was ultimately convicted for the murder of Hae Min Lee. Adnan Syed was the ex-boyfriend of Hae and some say he wanted revenge by killing her with his bare hands, but Adnan can’t defend himself because he has no recollection of that day. They are all wrong, because Adnan Syed is innocent. First of all, Adnan does not have a good motive for killing Hae.…