Tuesday, February 26, 2013
People who made a difference
==Martin King Jr.
aug 28, 1953, mlk jr made his I had a dream speech.
he was shot
apr 9, 1968 Day mlk jr was buried
==Harvy Milk
Gay rights activist
first gay city commissioner
multiple job titles
in the Navy
football in highschool
protected gay rights by passing laws
killed 1978 by a man who shot him
from NYC origionally
==Dorothy Hodgkins
Scientist
worked with crystalography
x-ray like
used it to find the structure of pinicillin and vitamin D
English parents
studied at Oxford and University of Cambridge
Nobel prize in chemistry
crowfoot was her nickname
==Einstien
great thinker
march 14 1879 born
in germany
jewish
high school dropout
had illegitament daughter
E=MC2
1905 was his most successful year
1921 nobel prize
==Gandhi
married at 14
arranged child birth
studied law in London
Civil rights for indians
arranged 240mile march
started mar 12 1940 to protest salt act
got arrested
created a type of protest called sadia ghaha (idk)
assassinated on jan 40 1948
==Churchhill
one of the best known politicians in British history
2 time Prime Minister
Lord of admirality
refused to surrender against Germany
==Tubman
suffered from something
father was freed from slavery at 45
1849 Hariet escaped slavery
one of the first women to lead people into war
born as a slave in Maryland
==Nightengale
may 12 1820 born
youngest of 2 kids
active in um...idk that word at a young age
age 16 she wanted to be a nurse
created the Red Cross
tokk 250k and made an establishment to train nurses
==Jane Goodall
apr 3 1934 born
tanzania studied the history of chimps
still alive
had a cat at the age of 47 as first pet
over 47 different awards for what she did
Oxford University
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