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You are viewing the article Thelma Wright  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. Who Was Thelma Wright? Thelma Wright met her husband, Jackie Wright, a major player in the Philadelphia drug game, when she was in her early 20s. When her husband was murdered, […]

You are viewing the article Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. Synopsis Explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was born 1490, in Extremadura, Castile, Spain. He was treasurer to the Spanish expedition under Pánfilo de Narváez that reached what […]

You are viewing the article Orville Redenbacher  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1907-1995) Synopsis Orville Redenbacher was born on July 16, 1907, in Brazil, Indiana and studied agronomy at Purdue University. After graduation, he ran a profitable fertilizer company and in his free […]

You are viewing the article Rose Kennedy  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1890-1995) Who Was Rose Kennedy? Rose Kennedy was the grande dame of contemporary American politics, seeing three of her children find great success. Success came with even more tragedy for Kennedy, […]

You are viewing the article Ed Gein: 7 Horror Movies Inspired by the Body Snatcher and Murderer  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. Ed Gein wasn’t actually a serial killer — he only admitted to killing two women — rather, he was a body […]

You are viewing the article Katarina Witt  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1965-) Who Is Katarina Witt? Katarina Witt became a figure-skating champion and a symbol of her country’s regime during the Cold War. From 1983-88, she won six European Championships, four World […]

You are viewing the article Mary Jackson  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1921-2005) Who Was Mary Jackson? Mathematician Mary Winston Jackson excelled academically in a time of racial segregation. Her math and science skills earned her a position as a “human computer” for […]

You are viewing the article Eugene O’Neill  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1888-1953) Who Was Eugene O’Neill? Eugene O’Neill was a famed playwright and his masterpiece, Long Day’s Journey into Night (produced posthumously 1957), is at the apex of a long string of […]

You are viewing the article Rudyard Kipling: 6 Facts About ‘The Jungle Book’ Creator  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. Published in 1894, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book proved to be a hit with young and old alike. The Jungle Book’s stories of a […]

You are viewing the article Lucretia Mott  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1793-1880) Who Was Lucretia Mott? Lucretia Mott was a women’s rights activist, abolitionist and religious reformer. Mott was strongly opposed to slavery and a supporter of William Lloyd Garrison and his […]

You are viewing the article George Carruthers  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1939-2020) Who Was George Carruthers? Scientist George Carruthers built his first telescope at the age of 10. He earned his Ph.D. in aeronautical and astronautical engineering at the University of Illinois […]

You are viewing the article Thaddeus Stevens  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1792-1868) Who Was Thaddeus Stevens? Thaddeus Stevens was a Radical Republican leader and one of the most powerful members in the U.S. House of Representatives. He focused much of his political […]

You are viewing the article Tom Jones  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1940-) Who Is Tom Jones? Tom Jones is a Welsh singer who was influenced as a child by American blues, r&b and rock ‘n’ roll, over the past five decades the […]

You are viewing the article Washington Irving  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1783-1859) Who Was Washington Irving? Author Washington Irving achieved international fame for the fictional stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” as well as for such biographical works […]

You are viewing the article William Butler Yeats  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1865-1939) Who Was William Butler Yeats? William Butler Yeats published his first works in the mid-1880s while a student at Dublin’s Metropolitan School of Art. His early accomplishments include The […]

You are viewing the article Winnie Mandela  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1936-2018) Who Was Winnie Mandela? Winnie Mandela embarked on a career of social work that led to her involvement in activism. She married African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela in 1958, […]

You are viewing the article Philip II  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1527-1598) Synopsis King Philip II of Spain, also known as Philip the Prudent, ruled one of the world’s largest empires. His reign as Spain’s king began the Golden Age, a period […]

You are viewing the article Carrie Fisher and Paul Simon: The Intense Highs and Extreme Lows That Plagued Their 12 Year Romance  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. Describing the relationship and marriage of Carrie Fisher and Paul Simon as on-again, off-again, on-again, would […]

You are viewing the article Powhatan  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (-1618) Who Was Powhatan? Born sometime in the 1540s or 1550s, Chief Powhatan became the leader of more than 30 tribes and controlled the area where English colonists formed the Jamestown settlement […]

You are viewing the article Frank Gehry  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1929-) Synopsis Frank Gehry was born Frank Owen Goldberg in Toronto, Canada on February 28, 1929. He studied at the University of Southern California and Harvard University. Gehry, based in Los […]

You are viewing the article Menelik II  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1844-1913) Who Was Menelik II? Menelik II (also written as Menilek; 1844-1913) became emperor of Ethiopia in 1889. After his army defeated Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa (also written […]

You are viewing the article Sam Giancana  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1908-1975) Who Was Sam Giancana? Sam Giancana started out as a wheelman for Al Capone and worked his way to the top of Chicago’s illegal gambling operations. He had many ties […]

You are viewing the article 10 Black Actors and Actresses Who’ve Won Oscars  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. The achievements of Black actors and actresses in cinema have been a monumental climb. The Academy Awards has only offered 21 acting awards to Black […]

You are viewing the article Russell Crowe  at Tnhelearning.edu.vn you can quickly access the necessary information in the table of contents of the article below. (1964-) Who Is Russell Crowe? Born on April 7, 1964, in Wellington, New Zealand, Russell Crowe first made a name for himself acting in Australian cinema. He eventually became an international […]