John Simpson Kirkpatrick was born in England, in South Shields to a Scottish couple in 1892. Simpson was educated from the age of 6 to his 13th birthday, learning how to read and write fluently. In June 1903 he decided to leave school and start work on a horse drawn milk delivery run. He was a member of the Territorial Army (the British Army reserve corps) serving with the Royal Field Artillery in a Howitzer Battery at South Shields. In 1909 Simpson’s father died and he wanted to follow in his footsteps, so he joined the Merchant Navy at 17 years of age, working as a stoker and steward.
Tara Gianforcaro Caroline Tumolo Background * At age 43, John F. Kennedy was the youngest president to win the presidential election in 1960 against Richard Nixon. * He was the first Roman Catholic President at that time. * This was the closest election in US history. He won by ½ percent of the total votes. * He is the 35th President of the United States of America Assassination * Kennedy was traveling with Jackie (his wife), John Conally (governor of Texas), and his wife in the Presidential motorcade through the Dealy Plaza in Dallas.
On November 4, 1952, after winning the election by a landslide, Eisenhower was elected the United States’ 34th president. His domestic policy picked up where Roosevelt’s New Deal and Fair Deal programs left off. Eisenhower made reducing Cold War tensions through military negotiation a main focus of his administration. In 1956 Eisenhower was a reelected to a second term, winning by an even wider margin than in his first election. Accomplishments during his time in office include creating the U.S. Information Agency, and establishing Alaska and Hawaii as states.
His mother supplied him with paper and pencils to practice copying the letters (Bardolph, 1961). Discussion Originally a painter who leaned toward watercolor, Barthé was accidentally introduced to sculpture at the Art Institute. In 1927, during Negro History Week, he exhibited two sculptured heads at the Chicago Women's
Kennedy’s Last Days: The Assassination that Defined a Generation. (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2013. ), 50 [ 2 ]. Cloward, Tim. “Conspiracy-A-Go-Go: Dallas at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Assassination.” Southwest Review (2013): 407 [ 3 ].
Life Description Sir Frederick Grant Banting was a Canadian physician, physiologist, and Nobel winner in 1923 for the discovery of the hormone insulin, used in treating diabetes. Early Life Banting was born November 14, 1891, on a farm near Alliston, Ontario. The death of his friend made him having the desire to be a doctor. However, his father was a devoutly religious man, and hoped that Frederick would become minister. After he graduated from high school, the conflicts with his parents begun.
Though Kennedy was a young president he was one of very few presidents to show concern towards racial inequality. As he led the nation with hopes of equality, freedom, morals, and principles the hopes of Americans died with Mr. Kennedy. Americans during the 1960 election saw Kennedy as a young influential president, especially towards the subject of racial inequality. President Kennedy publicly committed his administration to the cause of racial equality in the summer of 1963 when he proposed the Civil Rights bill to Congress and offered his endorsement to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The assassination shocked America and soon after led to counterculture and rebellious teenagers during the late sixties early seventies.
He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 on his book Profiles in Courage. Kennedy was elected president in 1960 where he defeated Nixon. As president John Kennedy planned to send 1,500 US trained Cubans to
OUR FOUNDING FATHER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRANDIE JACKSON COLLEGE AMERICA Benjamin Franklin our 6th president was born January 17, 1706, in Boston MA. His education was Boston Latin School 1714-1716. He was given the Copley award which is an award for outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science it was given by the Royal Society of London. Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity, and founded the first library. He was put to work at the age of 10 by his father making soap and candles; he didn’t like that too much, so he started writing newspapers with his brother.
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future”. Born of Irish descent in May of 1917, Brookline Massachusetts native John F. Kennedy would eventually become the youngest man ever to be elected as President of the United States of America. He guided the nation through the early 1960s, handling conflicts with other nations and working to improve the lives of all Americans. He was not only one of the most well known presidents of the USA but was among the most influential people to ever live.