Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist who was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. He remains one of the most admired composers in the...
Johnson was a fourth-generation Texas rancher who became the 36th president of the United States upon the death of his predecessor John F. Kennedy. He inherited a...
Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, near Stonewall, Texas, in a small farmhouse on the Pedernales River. He was the eldest of five...
Parks turned a NAACP activist in 1943 and took part in a number of excessive profile civil rights circumstances. She was awarded quite a few honors for...
Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. This act of...
Edison’s most famous inventions include the phonograph, motion picture camera and the electric light bulb. Thomas Edison’s record 1,093 patented inventions have greatly improved the world...
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor who held a world-record 1,093 patents. He was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio and died on October 18,...
John Paul II was a very influential figure in the Catholic Church and the world at large. He was known for his strong stance against communism...
Pope John Paul II was the primary non-Italian pope in 455 years. He travelled overseas extensively in an effort to advertise better understanding between nations and religions,...
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. His parents were Sara Delano and James Roosevelt. He was the only child of wealthy...