On October 3, 1974, at around 10:45 pm, Elton Hymon and Leslie Wright of the Memphis Police Department were responding to a “prowler on the inside” call. They made the scene and observed a woman in the house next to the intended home of the call. She was standing on her front porch pointing at the house. She advised that she had heard glass breaking and someone was breaking into the house next door. As Wright showed both officers on the scene on his radio to dispatch, Hymon went to the rear of the house.
Audie Leon Murphy born in Kingston, Texas on June 20, 1925, he was the seventh child of twelve to Josie Bell and Emmett Berry Murphy. The murphys were sharecroppers, sharecropping is a system of agriculture where the landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced of their land. Murphy’s father, Emmett, had no plan on how to feed his family, Emit drifted in and out of his family’s life and soon he deserted them. To help support his family Audie dropped out of school in 5th grade and started picking cotton for a dollar a day. Audie Murphy also helped feed his mother and siblings by going hunting for rabbits and small animals around their property eventually he became very skilled with a rifle.
Samuel Truett Cathy was born on March 14, 1921 in Eatonton, GA to Lilla James and Joseph Benjamin Cathy. He was the 6th of 7 children with 4 older sisters, an older brother and a younger brother. Cathy attended Boys High School (known today as Henry W. Grady High school) in Atlanta, GA. Cathy married Jeanette Cathy and together they had 3 children; Trudy, Bubba, and Dan. During the time of World War II, Cathy had gone and served in the war.
Intro “Go ahead doubt me. I’ll just work harder. ”-Dak Prescott This paper will show Dak Prescott’s early life and childhood. Dak Prescott starting his early career in football.
Hugh Glass was no ordinary man; he was very tough and determined. He is also considered top 10 most badass people in the world. Hugh was born in Pennsylvania around the year of 1783. His family was from Ireland and Scottish decent. When he was young he was captured by group of pirates off the coast of Texas and was forced to become a pirate.
Both sources provided basic details about former State Representative Raymond W. Ewell. However, I found the first source, History Makers to be undoubtedly creditable. This source included an exclusive glimpse into the life of the senator. The History Maker, website provides researchers with pertinent facts about Mr. Ewell life. Also, the information provided seem to have been solicited directly from Representative Ewell in the form of a one on one interview.
This is a passage about one of the first basketball players to ever set foot on a basketball court. He was a great hero during the Civil Rights Movement. His name was a great inspiration to African Americans all over the U.S. during the movement. He was born on March 31, 1923 in a town that most of you are probably familiar with, Oakland, California.
Oliver Hill became a strong supporter of equality. Equality is the state of being the same in number, race, class, or quality. Oliver Hill grew up in Richmond, Virginia on May 1, 1907. Graduating from Dunbar High School, Hill wasn't sure what he wanted to do for a living. He married a woman named Beresenia Walker.
John Hart’s birthdate and birthplace is not quite clear since a variety of sources say 1708, 1711, 1714, Connecticut, and Hopewell, New Jersey. So in other words his beginning is a mystery. He was born as the son to Edward Hart
In 1897 May 12th, Earle Nelson was born and he was an American serial killer. Nelson's childhood was a difficult one. His mother and father both died of syphilis before Nelson turned two. He was then raised by his grandmother who was very religious. When Earle reached 10 years old he got hit by a trolley car while riding his bike, he was unconscious for six days and when he woke up his behavior became unpredictable.
“All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above Equality. ”-David Allen Coe-. David Allen Coe had a rowdy lifestyle. Many of his songs reveal this fact.
Clifford Olson: A Canadian Horror. Koby Barkhouse School of Health and Human Services, Nova Scotia Community College SOCS2021: Introduction to Forensic Psychology Scott Campbell April 12, 2024 Clifford Robert Olson Jr. stands as a chilling emblem of horror in Canadian criminal history. Convicted of brutally murdering 11 children and teenagers during the early 1980s, his crimes shocked the nation and remain a haunting reminder of the darkest features of human nature.
Thanksgiving a time where people sit around the table and be thankful for the things they have. However, many people know of how it became a holiday, but people don’t know is who started this holiday. The man who had started Thanksgiving was named William Bradford; It started from his marriage ceremony in the New World where the (Johnson) Wampanoags Native Americans (Whitehurst and Ruffin 18) brought over turkeys and deer to feast on (Johnson). William Bradford was the second governor of Plymouth for his wisdom and leadership; he ran for governor for thirty years with a five year break.
Reformation Propaganda The Reformation in the early 16th century started with Martin Luther questioning the authority of the Catholic Church by condemning the Pope for selling religious offices, letting religious leaders go against their vows, and selling indulgences; indulgences were contracts sold by the church to the people, to reduce people’s punishment for their sins. Luther proceeded to publicly confront and challenge the church and started his religion, Lutheranism, which only followed the Bible, not the Pope. At the time, people couldn’t read the Bible for themselves so they did not question the Catholic church’s supremacy and saw the clergy as delivering the word of God (Iordache 64). However, Martin Luther wanted people to read the
I chose this topic because in the past few decades, a lot of natural calamities and phenomena have taken place, e.g.: untimely floods, global warming, habitat loss, etc. And many of these have been caused by urbanization and one of the biggest threats that it poses i.e. the loss of ecosystems. Both urbanization and ecosystem loss disturb the natural balance of planet Earth. Therefore, it motivated me to take this topic. “Urbanization is when towns and cities are formed and become larger as more people move in from rural areas to work and live.
