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Meredith Willson was an American composer and playwright. He was born in May 18, 1902. He was known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical The Music Man. Meredith was considered as a landmark musical of the 1950’s. He was always active as a musical director and composer, writing dozens of musical programs a week. He wrote two other musical plays, including The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964). Both “The Music Man” and his other major hit show, “The Unsinkable Molly…

By definition, the Panama Canal is described as “an international waterway that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.” (traveltips.usatoday.com) This definition, however, does not give the waterway the glory it deserves, as it tremendously benefitted world travel and trade. The Panama Canal helped ships save a significant amount of time, as it allowed them to cut straight through North and South America instead of going around them. Building the Canal took several attempts, starting with the…

people love photographs? Photographs are the treasured memories of our life experiences. It reminds us of the beautiful things we observe, perceives, adore and complete or achieve. The question is what it takes to capture creative and quality photos? On 1902, Ansel Adams a well-known American photographer was born in San Francisco California with the passion in photography and natural environment. His passion leads his way to creatively photographed and captured his California life experiences…

Fellow Patriotic ladies and gentlemen, Today I share the story of how America uses its imperialistic powers against the democratic ideals that America advocates for. As the frontiers closes in 1890 in the United States of America the feeling of manifest destiny, and American exceptionalism still exist. Interventionist in America feel that it is their destiny to guide other countries such as the Philippines into the right path because they are the chosen people. Interventionalists want to spread…

Cecil J. Rhodes, or Cecil John Rhodes, was born in 1853 in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. As a young boy, throughout his years, his health was was weak and was thought to have a disease, consumptive. At the age of nine, he attended the Bishop’s Stortford grammar school. Later in about 1869 he was taken out of grammar school. He became a British businessman and a magnate, a great man with high authority and a man in a high social position. Cecil Rhodes was connected with Africa…

changes of power mean that those lines change too” (Howarth 6). These borders drawn were patterns of power that disregarded the feelings of the native populations. Nationalism was arising to become a potent force of world affairs. The Boer War of 1899–1902 of Dutch settlers in South Africa and their black supporters who would not submit to the British government.. The U.S. conquest of the Philippines, Hawaii, Cuba ,and other Pacific islands was done to “’liberate’ these lands from Spanish rule”…

pitchblende, the two found a brand new element that was also radioactive. They element they discovered is the element Polonium. (Online.Infobase) As they were celebrating about their new discovery of Polonium, they came across something else. In the year 1902 the Curies found another new element which was named radium. (fi.edu) The year 1903 was a big year for Marie Curie. Marie was now knows as the first female physicist to win a Nobel Prize. Her husband, Pierre Curie was as well awarded with…

A time came where change occured, which we know by the progressive era. This era was known for the age of reform. There were three progressive presidents during this era: Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. These presidents sought to develop the country’s economic, political, and social ways of life. During the progressive era, the three presidents tried their best to transform, what they thought was needed. The presidents were known for reforming what would help the…

Psychologist Leta Sutter Hollingworth was a pioneer in challenging the scientific theory of the inferiority of women’s intelligence to man, especially during their menstrual cycles. She also contributed greatly to the study of emotional and educational needs of intelligent and gifted children, but I will focus on her studies of women (O’Connel & Russo, 1990). Born Leta Anna Sutter in the small farm town of Chadron, Nebraska, on May 25, 1886, Leta would unfortunately be no stranger to heartache…

wasn't always known as Vladimir Lenin. "Vladimir Lenin Biography - Notable Biographies." He was named Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, at birth but he tried out a number of different names including “k. Tulin” and “Petrov” prior to settling on “Linen” by 1902. Historians believe that it may have been a reference to the Lena River in Siberia. Other russian revolutionaries likewise used different names to confuse the authorities. For example Joseph Stalin's birth name was Lsif Dzhugashvili, and Leon…