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Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27,1822 to Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant (Williams). His first name was decided upon by his maternal grandmother while his middle name was an alternate form of his father’s favorite literary character, whose name was Odysseus (Schlesinger Jr.). His parents had three daughters and two sons after Ulysses. During his childhood, he was shy but had a large passion for horses (Grant, 8). He worked on his family’s farm and attended

a lighting company executive (Britannica Enc.,para.1). She is part of the Danish, Greek, English and Welsh descent. Betty White moved to Los Angeles when she was only two years old. She graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills California, in 1939 at the age of 17. She then started her career on radio also at the age of 17. At the age of eight years old, Betty White played the part of an adopted orphan on the soap opera “Empire Builders” (imdb.com/ Betty White). She began writing

one them was an inspiring environmentalist and landscape photographer from the 1980's. Adams was known for black and white landscape photographs and using his work to promote conservation of the wilderness. He was born in 1902 in San Francisco, California; Coming from a wealthy family, his grandfather founded a lumber business. The lumber business would then be passed on to Ansel's dad. That would all soon change due to an earthquake aftershock in 1906. The aftershock knocked Ansel down, he broke

the professional league, the only thing stopping them from competing was the color barrier. This barrier was created by racist white men who believed white and African American men should not be mixed. Jackie attended college at the University of California in Los Angeles, and became the school’s first four-letterman in september of 1939. He lettered in Track, football, Baseball, and basketball. Robinson received the NCAA long-jump title and, had they not been canceled by the war in Europe, more than

for her accomplishments until she was deceased. Ruth Sime is a Historian from California who wrote the first biography and presented a paper to the congress of historian which “received the closest thing to a standing ovation I have ever seen at a congress,” said one.” 21 years after Lise Meitner has died she is getting the recognition for the discovery of nuclear fission. Meitner has been nominated into the hall of fame along 38 other German scientist. It was said that “if Meitner had immigrated

1. Describe some of the events and scientific discoveries that shook the late nineteenth century’s confidence in the idea of progress. What effect did these events have on music, literature, and the arts? Despite the incredible advancements from the scientific world in the late nineteenth century, the rapidly developing industry had its dark side. Telephones, automobiles, and airplanes were in their early stages of development, and were all crashing into people's worlds at an a dangerously fast

physical comedy has probably been a liked topic.The paddle was still being used in the 1800s when clowns in circus, along with variety shows performed knockabout comedy and also physical stunts. This type of comedy was very common in the English music halls Including American vaudeville theatres of the late 1800s. It was around this time that the paddle as well as the humor associated with it became known in English as slapstick In ancient Greece, festivals of parades with masked characters, and endings

batteries, beef jerky, a California road map, and a first aid kit. During his ascent, he dropped his glasses and the BB gun he was planning on using to pop the balloons to control his altitude, which resulted in him crash-landing and blacking out a neighborhood. Larry’s “Great Balloon Chair Ride” earned him great fame, landing him interviews

Quan 1 Jun Quan Dr. Joanne Hall English 1 November 29, 2016 Game Shows and the American Dream ​The American Dream, while well known by American-born residents and international students and/or immigrants alike, has become harder and harder to define as decades pass. In spite of becoming more ambiguous, the American Dream is still an accessible fantasy to both American citizens and those who want to become citizens. It is a major reason why international students choose to pursue education and

punk/alternative rock band formed in 1986. The band consists of three members: Billie Joe Armstrong (lead singer), Mike Dirnt (bass and backing vocals), and Tré Cool (drums and percussion). The band known as Green Day originally formed in Berkeley, California by Armstrong and Dirnt, and was initially titled Sweet Children. The two were only fourteen years old at the time they founded their band. The early group’s musical style was influenced greatly by bands like The Ramones and The Sex Pistols. In 1988