Robert Goddard : Feature Articles - 0 views
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In 1914, Goddard received two U.S. patents, one for a rocket that used liquid fuel, the other for a two- or three-stage rocket using solid fuel. At his own expense, he began to make systematic studies about propulsion provided by various types of gunpowder. This work resulted in his classic study in 1916 requesting funds from the Smithsonian Institution to continue his research. This was published along with his subsequent research in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Publication No. 2540 (January 1920) entitled "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes." In this treatise, he detailed a search for methods of raising weather-recording instruments higher than sounding balloons.
Ebola Outbreaks in Sudan and Zaire - 0 views
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On July 27, 1976, the very first person to contract the Ebola virus began to show symptoms. Ten days later he was dead. Over the course of the next few months, the first Ebola outbreaks in history occurred in Sud
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an and Zaire*, with a total of 602 reported cases and 431 deaths.
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Since no one in the medical field had ever seen this illness before, it took them awhile to realize that it was passed by close contact. By the time the outbreak had subsided in the Sudan, 284 people had become ill, 151 of whom had died. This new illness was a killer, causing fatality in 53% of its victims. This strain of the virus is now called Ebola-Sudan.
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Robert Goddard: American Father of Rocketry | Space.com - 0 views
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Reference: Robert Goddard: American Father of Rocketry
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Liquid-fueled rockets
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - 0 views
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11 June 1963 speech broadcast live on national television and radio, President John F. Kennedy unveiled plans to pursue a comprehensive civil rights bill in Congress, stating, ‘‘this nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free’’
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King congratulated Kennedy on his speech, calling it ‘‘one of the most eloquent, profound and unequivocal pleas for justice and the freedom of all men ever made by any president’’ (King, 12 June 1963).
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The bill passed the House of Representatives in mid-February 1964
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Dr. Robert H. Goddard, American Rocketry Pioneer | NASA - 0 views
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Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had a unique genius for invention. It is in memory of this brilliant scientist that NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., was established on May 1, 1959.
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By 1926, Goddard had constructed and successfully tested the first rocket using liquid fuel
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Inherit/1925 - 0 views
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As America emerged from World War I, a collective nostalgia swept the country for the relative simplicity and "normalcy" of prewar society . In rural areas, particularly in the South and Midwest, Americans turned to their faith for comfort and stability, and fundamentalist religion soared in popularity. Fundamentalists, who believed in a literal interpretation of the Bible, locked into Darwin and the theory of evolution as "the most present threat to the truth they were sure they alone possessed" (1). With evolution as the enemy, they set out to eradicate it from their society, beginning with the education system.
John F. Kennedy assassinated - History.com This Day in History - 11/22/1963 - 0 views
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible.
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As their vehicle passed the Texas School Book Depository Building at 12:30 p.m., Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally. Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Dallas' Parkland Hospital. He was 46.
NATO History - 0 views
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union
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Alliance’s creation was part of a broader effort to serve three purposes:
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deterring Soviet expansionism, forbidding the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe through a strong North American presence on the continent, and encouraging European political integration.
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First Winter Olympics - History.com This Day in History - 1/25/1924 - 0 views
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On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics take off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps
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Five years after the birth of the modern Olympics in 1896, the first organized international competition involving winter sports was staged in Sweden
The Innocence Project - DNA Exonerations Nationwide - 0 views
World War I - The History of World War I - 0 views
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the war to end all wars," in actuality, the concluding peace treaty set the stage for World War II.
World War I Ended With the Treaty of Versailles - 0 views
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This first global conflict had claimed from 9 million to 13 million lives and caused unprecedented damage
Cuban Missile Crisis: Summary - 0 views
The League of Nations, 1920 - 1914-1920 - Milestones - Office of the Historian - 0 views
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The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes
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