Posted on March 27, 2008 by doetzky
Wilbur And Orville Were The Sons Of Milton And Susan Wright And Members Of A Warm, Loving Family That Encouraged Learning And Doing. Milton Was A Bishop In The United Brethren Church, And Was Often Away From Home On Church Business. But He Wrote Hundreds Of Letters Home, And Often Brought Back Presents From His [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by doetzky
In 1260, The Brothers And Venetian Merchants Niccolo And Matteo Polo Traveled East From Europe. In 1265, They Arrived At Kaifeng, The Capital Of Kublai Khan’s (Also Known As The Great Khan) Mongol Empire. In 1269, The Brothers Returned To Europe With A Request From Khan For The Pope To Send One Hundred Missionaries To [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by doetzky
St. Joan Of Arc Was Born At Domrémy, France Circa 6 January 1412. Citing A Mandate From God To Drive The English Out Of France, She Was Eventually Given An Escort To Bring Her Before Charles Of Ponthieu (Later Known As King Charles Vii). After Gaining The Approval Of The Church Scholars At Poitiers In [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by doetzky
In 1876, At The Age Of 29, Alexander Graham Bell Invented His Telephone. In 1877, He Formed The Bell Telephone Company, And In The Same Year Married Mabel Hubbard And Embarked On A Yearlong Honeymoon In Europe.Alexander Graham Bell Might Easily Have Been Content With The Success Of His Telephone Invention. His Many Laboratory Notebooks [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by doetzky
Helen Adams Keller Was Born On 27 June 1880 In Tuscumbia, A Small Rural Town In Northwest Alabama, Usa. The Daughter Of Captain Arthur Henley Keller And Kate Adams Keller She Was Born With Full Sight And Hearing.
Kate Keller Was A Tall, Statuesque Blond With Blue Eyes. She Was Some Twenty Years Younger Than Her [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by doetzky
Albert Einstein Was Born Into A Jewish Family In Ulm, Württemberg, Germany On March 14, 1879. His Father Was Hermann Einstein, A Salesman And Engineer. His Mother Was Pauline Einstein (Née Koch). In 1880, The Family Moved To Munich, Where His Father And His Uncle Founded A Company, Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie That [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by doetzky
Thomas Edison Was Born In Milan, Ohio, And Was Raised In Port Huron, Michigan. He Was The Seventh And Last Child Of Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. (1804–1896) (Born In Marshalltown, Nova Scotia, Canada) And Nancy Matthews Edison Nee Elliott (1810–1871). His Family Was Of Dutch Origin.
In School, The Young Edison’s Mind Often Wandered, And His [...]
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