1901

Louis Armstrong Biography Louis Armstrong was born August 4, 1901. His parents were Mary Albert and William Armstrong. He had one sister and he name was Beatrice Armstrong Collins. Louis Armstrong attended Baptist and Catholic churches and Baptist Sunday school as a child. He had to overcome a lot of segregation but he also did it very well. He was skilled at singing playing the trumpet. Louis did attend school so he did get some education. Louis had four wives and two children. During his…

Theodore Roosevelt was a member of the Republican Party. His term lasted from 1901-1909. Roosevelt believed that the government should use its resources to help achieve economic and social justice. Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Russo-Japanese War. As the Russo-Japanese War raged on with many Japanese victories, Roosevelt approached both nations about peace negotiations. The President longed for a world in which countries would turn to arbitration instead of war to settle…

Memories are cherished and treasured. Whether it is good or bad, those happy and sad memories are engraved in us and cannot be taken away from us. But what if as we aged, those treasured memories are fading and soon to be losing? Currently, it appears almost every individual has experienced, or has a loved one who are being taken away of a very serious and often can be a fatal disease known as Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer Disease (AD) is one of the most common genetic disorders marked by…

Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to become a U.S senator in congress. Revels was born on September 27, 1827 in Fayetteville, North Carolina as a free black man. His early education came from a local black woman and he later on moved in with his brother, Elias Revels, to become a barber. After his brother died, Hiram continued on with his life with different jobs and eventually joined the United States Army as a chaplain. During the civil war, Hiram helped organize and recruit…

Spindletop, but problems arose for Higgins. There were not enough funds to adequately support the drilling of oil in that area, but quickly other men such as Guffey, Galey, and the Hammill brothers joined in on the Higgins expedition. On January 10, 1901 Higgins belief that oil could…

his studies and no one in the school can help him, he decides to go back to Barcelona. His career begins when he decides to travel to France in 1900, when it that times France was known as the art capital in Europe. During the five first months of 1901, he lived in Madrid. In 1905 he became one of the favorites of the American art collectors Leo and Gertrude Stein. The older brother Michael Stein and his wife Sarah also like Picasso's works and became collectors of his work. The family Steins…

Georgia O’Keeffe was an American modernism artist. She was interested in art ever since she was young. She went on to study art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Georgia was most famous for her paintings of large flowers. She went on to marry photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Stieglitz died in 1942. Georgia dealt with this by moving to New Mexico and becoming interested in landscape painting and art. Her last painting was completed in 1972. The painting was called ‘Black Rock with Blue Sky and White…

Balmoral Castle, located in Scotland, has been the home of the royal family since 1852. Prince Albert originally leased it in 1848 for Queen Victoria as a gift. The Queen’s first visit to the castle was in the autumn of 1842, after two years of marriage to Albert. They both really liked the landscape of Scottish land, so they promised to return. After they realized how beautiful Scotland was, they jumped at the chance to purchase it. While they bought the estate in 1848, the business…

Chekhov’s most famous plays were written at a time when the stage director was becoming a significant factor in the modern theatre. It is the entire recognition of the main themes of Chekhov’s plays that demonstrates why directors are so prone to immerse in wild fantasies. Throughout his life, Anton Chekhov was extremely critical of many features of the theatre of his day. His negative behavior towards directors and actors who displayed his plays in a manner that dissatisfied him led Chekhov…

When President Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in as president in 1901 he was ready to put many things in action. His sincere and honest character led him to initiate policies that still exist today. He was a great hunter and loved to hunt games in his leisure time, therefore the nickname “Cowboy” that people used to call him. In fact, he respected and loved the nature so much saying that, “Unless we maintain an adequate material basis for our civilization, we cannot maintain the institution in which…