James K. Polk & Theodore Roosevelt James K. Polk: Biography James K. Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on November 2 , in 1795. He was the oldest one of ten 5 brothers and 4 sisters. Once that James had turned ten years old,, his father had took his big family and moved towards the west, some two hundred miles, to the frontier of Tennessee, where, in a rich valley on Duck River, Samuel Polk, James’s father and his neighbors built their log huts and started their homes. He lived in good and structured farmhouse and was raised by his mother, Jane Knox Polk, and she believed in raising her children according to the strict Presbyterian "gospel of duty." But unfortunely he was not a healthy kid during his childhood.
Obituary of Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who is best known for his overthrow of the monarchy. Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon on April 25th 1599. Cromwell was born into the middle Gentry; his lifestyle resembled the lifestyle of a Yeoman Farmer until he received an inheritance from his uncle. When he was 29 years old, he became a member of parliament for Huntingdon. 12 years later, he became a member of parliament for Cambridge.
-1958: Martin's first book, "Stride Toward Freedom", was published. -1958: Marting Luther King Jr. was all most killed when he was stabbed in Harlem, NY while he was on a book tour. He was stabbed by Izola Ware Curry with a letter opener. She was also had a gun. -1959: Dr.King resigned as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Babtist Church to work on civil rights full time and to direct the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
On June 12, 1810, David Levy was born into an aristocratic, prominent, political family in Charlotte Amalie, on the island of St. Thomas, DanishWest Indies (now known as the United States Virgin Islands). St. Thomas was under British ownership at the time making him a British subject. Both of his parents were Moroccan Sephardi Jews. Moses Elias Levy, his father, had attained prosperity in lumber. While David was two years old, his father immigrated the family to Spanish Florida, and they were one of the first family to settle.
Along with about 600 native associates, the Spaniards set up base in one of the Aztec's many ceremonial temples. During all these events, Governor Velazquez sent a fleet under soldier Panfilo de Narvaez to Mexico. Cortez knew of this and marched with a small group to the coast where he captured Panfilo de Narvaez, and persuaded most of the soldiers to join his band. When they returned to Tenochtitlan, an Aztec revolt had progressed too far. Montezuma died from a stoning three days after asking the Aztec people to calm down.
He went into exile in 1937 and 1939 founded the leftist Dominican Revolutionary Party. The PRD was the first well organized political party of the Dominican Republic and the only one with a constructive program ready to implement after Trujillo’s death in 1961, Bosch won election of December 20, 1962. Bosch was overthrown in a military coup in September 1963. Another military coup, on April 24, 1965, led to violence between military elements favoring the return to government by Bosch and those who proposed a military junta committed to early general
Of these captured rebels most of the leaders were put on show trials in Havana and executed and the rest were returned for $53 million in food and drugs from the United States (1). On December 29, 1962 a ceremony was held at the Orange Bowl for the returned exiles in which Kennedy promised that the exiles flag would someday fly over Havana and so far 48 years later it hasn’t happened (1). This disaster instead of destroying Kennedy led to his greatest triumph for which he is remembered: the Cuban Missile Crisis. After the failed invasion, the Soviet Union decided to protect Castro it would park intermediate range nuclear missile in Castro backyard within range of any US city. After the US discovered the presence of the missiles the US issued a naval quarantine of Cuba.
Senate, due to ill health; John Foster Dulles[->21] was appointed July 7, 1949, to temporarily fill Wagner’s spot. He died in New York City, where he was buried in Calvary Cemetery[->22], Queens[->23], New York City[->24]. His son Robert F. Wagner, Jr.[->25] was Mayor of New York City[->26] from 1954 to 1965, taking steps to follow in his father’s image. Recently, the United States Senate rewarded Senator Wagner the honor of voting to add his portrait to a very select collection[->27] in the Senate Reception Room[->28]. This honor shows that Mr. Wagner had a huge impact on American history and will be forever
The Killing Of Osama Bin Laden To the relief of people all around the world, on May 2nd, 2011 shortly after 1am, Al Qaeda’s top leader Osama Bin Laden was killed. Many people know him as being the mastermind behind the September 11th, 2001 attacks that killed thousands of Americans. Bin Laden was slain Sunday in his luxury hideout in Pakistan after a firefight with U.S. Forces. Bin Laden was 54 years old when a gun battle broke out at a compound in the city of Abbottabad with Navy SEALs and CIA parliamentary forces.
On the night of February 15, an explosion tore through the ship’s hull, and the Maine went down. Sober observers and an initial report by the colonial government of Cuba concluded that the explosion had occurred on board, but Hearst and Pulitzer, who had for several years been selling papers by fanning anti-Spanish public opinion in the United States, published rumors of plots to sink the ship (Bob Erkinson). When a U.S. naval investigation later