1904

Theodore Roosevelt, also known as “Teddy”, was born on October 27th, 1858 in New York City, became not only the 26th president of the United States, but also the youngest man to ever hold office as the president. Growing up, Roosevelt was a very ill child. Most of his problems progressed due to his very serious asthma. Throughout his teenage years, Theodore dedicated his time to gymnastics and weight lifting. His work-out routine helped rise his confidence and all around self-worth. When Teddy…

further and higher education. An educated peasantry would represent a threat to Alexander III’s position thus the system was maintained in this fashion. An example of the autocracy exerting it’s power over the populace was ‘Bloody Sunday’, January 1904 in which 96 protesters were shot whilst protesting over the Russian/Japanese conflict, A modernised country with a stable democratic structure such as Britain would have considered some of the opinions raised by the…

University of Erlangen, but women were only allowed to audit the class with the permission of the instructor. During the winter of 1903-1904, Emmy spent the winter auditing classes at the University of Gottingen. The classes were taught by mathematicians, David Hilbert, Herman Minkowski, and astronomer Karl Schwarzschild. Later, she returned to Erlangen in 1904, and received a PH.…

lost interest because her style did not change with the times of the day. And because of this ‘self-esteem blow’ she wrote only seven short stories between 1900 and 1904. At this time, she was in her early fifties and already her health was failing her. She had circulatory trouble which gave her disabling weakness. On August 20, 1904, Chopin had a stroke and died two days after. Kate Chopin wrote many great works in her lifetime. Inspiration has to be drawn from somewhere, and it is believed…

According to biography.com Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869 in Le Cateau in France. He was born to a family who worked in the grain business. Starting off as a young man Matisse worked as a legal clerk then pursued a degree in law in Paris from 1887-1889. When he returned to Saint-Quentin he received an occupation in a law office. Although he already had a steady occupation he began to take drawing classes every morning before work. Matisse was suffering from an illness at 21 years…

Gustav Mahler gained the majority of his success in the later years of his life. Some of the work that made him famous where works written and performed closest the time of his death. His funeral was attended by a smaller group of people than many of the composers before him. Even his wife Alma Mahler was unable to attend due to doctor orders. Johannes Brahms died many years before Gustav Mahler. Since he didn’t have a wife and his close friend had already passed, the funeral was much smaller…

Charles Stratton P. T. Barnum discovered Charles Stratton in 1842 at the age of four. Soon after, Barnum transformed Stratton into General Tom Thumb, one of the most significant freak show performers of all time. At an early age Stratton was trained to sing, dance, and imitate famous celebrities worldwide. As discussed in the lecture, under the guidance of Barnum, Tom Thumb performed around the world as well as at the American Museum, becoming the most famous dwarf of all time. P. T. Barnum was…

Movements in the United States by Beatrix Hoffman, the struggle for national healthcare was clearly displayed. The first instance of social movement towards universal healthcare was expressed in this article in the year 1904. “The Socialist Party had endorsed a compulsory system as early as 1904, and in 1912 Theodore Roosevelts insurgent Progressive Party included a health insurance plank in its campaign platform.( Hoffman, 2003).” It is now the year 2017, one hundred and thirteen…

“No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris…[because] no known motor can run at the requisite speed for four days without stopping.” -Orville Wright One thing that I found interesting about this quote is the fact that it came in 1909, which was about 6 years after the Wright Brothers’ original flights, which were considered very successful at that time. I think Orville Wright said this because he falsely assumed that airplanes would never go faster than they did at that time. Of…

Joyce had a light tenor voice; he was shown by Vincent O'Brien and Benedetto Palmieri; in 1904. When he was living in Italy people would stop in the streets to listen to him while he sang. Joyce could have made a living as a singer that is if only he knew how to sight sing. Not being able too caused him to lose a vital competition while he was…