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day. Hawaii National Park is located on the big island of Hawaii. Hawaii National Park is a national park because of the interesting volcanoes, and was tied to tourism in the late 19th century. It turns out that Hawaii National Park was founded in 1916,…

The story of Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley in 1916, shows Victor Frankenstein and his craving for knowledge and testing the limits of science. Within the text he creates a living being, made up of dead body parts he steals from graves. He planned to create a beautiful being to revolutionise society and was motivated to not allow death after the death of his mother just before his departure to University. The creature however does not live up to what Frankenstein wanted and he rejects the…

Mason Opera House for a performance by Ruth Saint-Denis. In the early 1900’s Martha studied dance and theatre at the University of Cumnoch in California. It was here where her journey as a dancer started. When Martha had finally graduated University in 1916 she moved to a dance school run by the famous dancer herself Ruth Saint-Denis as well as Ted Shawn called Denishawn School. It was here she learnt for the first time the world’s dances folk, classical, experimental, oriental and American…

Why was the Battle of Jutland significant to the outcome of World War I? The Battle of Jutland took place on May 31st 1916 between the British Naval Fleet and the German imperial fleet. Though the Germans claimed it as a victory for them, as they suffered less casualties, the Battle had major effects on both sides of the war. There were many casualties on both sides of the war, and after the Battle the Germans never attempted to invade Britain through sea again, cutting off one possibly way of…

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel is French and lived from the 7th of March 1875 to the 28th of December 1937. He was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with and along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was known as France's greatest living composer. Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France's premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire. He was not well regarded by its…

Good morning. It is a great privilege to stand here and speak today, to remember and commemorate the experiences of Gallipoli and the heroic sacrifices that have been made. It was 4:30am on the 25th of April 1915, this very day, that I landed on the shores of Gallipoli along with 16,000 young men. I had been recruited shortly after arriving to Western Australia in 1911 from England and joined the 16th Battalion, becoming involved on that fateful day. Our troops were unsuccessful in an ambush…

carried until it was changed to the present name in 1919. In those days the format was simple: a sample sermon for each Sunday and Feast Day along with some aids for teaching catechism to children. It stayed that way until 1919. The first editor until 1916 was Msgr. William Brady of St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, N.Y., the seminary of the Archdiocese of New York. He was succeeded by two Dominicans, Frs. John A. McHugh and Charles J. Callan. They changed the name to The Homiletic & Pastoral…

was the the third oldest of seven sons in a poor family. He entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in June of 1911. He then graduated in June of 1915. While stationed in Texas, Dwight met Mamie Geneva Doud. The couple married in 1916 and had two children. Their first child, Doud Eisenhower died as a small child from Scarlet Fever. Their second child, John Eisenhower passed away in 2013 at the age of ninety-one.…

Lalo Guerrero was born on Christmas Eve in 1916 in Tucson, Arizona from a humble home.Guerrero’s mother was Concepcion Guerrero who was a traditional singer and as well a guitarist. Guerrero’s mother then taught his son how to play the guitar and taught him Mexican songs. He later learned to play the families piano and was strongly encouraged to write songs from his relatives in Mexico. As a child he went to participate in a competition that took place in his town. All schools in his town were…

Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1916 was also passed, which allowed for limited insurance for injured and unemployed federal employees. The act accomplished this by providing bi-weekly or monthly payments to those out of work, which allowed for them to purchase food and necessary supplies. Beyond assisting these government workers, the Act also set a precedent for injury and unemployment insurance across the nation. During this time, the Adamson Eight-Hour Act of 1916 was passed. This piece of…