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Brielle F

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.
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    Robert H. Goddard. Blue prints of rocket on page
Paul F

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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
  • an and Zaire*, with a total of 602 reported cases and 431 deaths.
  • 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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  • On September 1, 1976, another, even more deadly, outbreak of Ebola struck - this time in Zaire. The first victim of this outbreak was a 44-year-old teacher who had just returned from a tour of northern Zaire.
Brielle F

Robert Goddard: American Father of Rocketry | Space.com - 0 views

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  • Reference: Robert Goddard: American Father of Rocketry
  • Liquid-fueled rockets
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    Robert Goddard biography. 
Gracie M

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’’
  • 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).
  • The bill passed the House of Representatives in mid-February 1964
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  • When the bill finally passed the Senate, King hailed it as one that would ‘‘bring practical relief to the Negro in the South, and will give the Negro in the North a psychological boost that he sorely needs’’ (King, 19 June 1964).
  • On 2 July 1964, Johnson signed the new Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law with King and other civil rights leaders present.
  • created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to address race and sex discrimination in employment and a Community Relations Service to help local communities solve racial disputes; authorized federal intervention to ensure the desegregation of schools, parks, swimming pools, and other public facilities; and restricted the use of literacy tests as a requirement for voter registration.
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    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the United States
Brielle F

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.
  • By 1926, Goddard had constructed and successfully tested the first rocket using liquid fuel
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    First liquid fuel rocket
Ivy A

The Hindenburg Disaster | Facts, Theory, Photos - 0 views

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    The Hindenburg Disaster
Ivy A

The Nazi Olympics Berlin 1936 - 0 views

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    1936 Olympics in Berlin
Brielle F

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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.
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    Scopes "monkey trial"
Brielle F

chamonix 1924 Winter Olympics | Olympic Videos, Photos, News - 0 views

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    photos videos and information very useful 
Gracie M

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.
  • 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.
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    John F. Kennedy assassination. President Johnson sworn into office. Lee Harvey Oswald charged with the murder.  
Nick B

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  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union
  • Alliance’s creation was part of a broader effort to serve three purposes:
  • 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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  • With this in mind, several Western European democracies came together to implement various projects for greater military cooperation and collective defence, including the creation of the Western Union in 1948, later to become the Western European Union in 1954.
  • Accordingly, after much discussion and debate, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed on 4 April, 1949. I
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    This website give more about the history of NATO
Brielle F

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
  • Five years after the birth of the modern Olympics in 1896, the first organized international competition involving winter sports was staged in Sweden
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    First winter olympics website
Brielle F

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.
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    world war one information 
Brielle F

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
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    world war one ending. timeline at the top of page. 
Gracie M

Cuban Missile Crisis: Summary - 0 views

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis. 
Brielle F

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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    League of nations milestone.
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