Oppenheimer had built the weapon that won the war, but he also had created a monster, which he warned would one day cause the world to curse the names Los Alamos and Hiroshima. In 1947 he said, "If there is another world war, this civilization may go under." ...
My father was born with asthma in his later years he suffered from COPD and emphysema. His doctor told him if he get the flu or really sick that could be the end. He have been nearly gone many times, why is he still here I am not sure maybe God. It is a hard life to live and...
116-year-old Kane is six years shy of the record foroldest person ever, which has been held by Jeanne Louise Calment (France) for the past 22 years. Born on 21 February 1875, Jeanne died at a nursing home in Arles, southern France on 4 August 1997 at the age of 122...
Jessica Tandy probably is best known for winning an Academy Award in 1989 for the movie Driving Miss Dairy. She was the oldest person to have won the award. But for many years, she had received praise for her great performances. Jessica Tandy was born in London in 1909. After her father...
Chuck Yeager is an American test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier — the point where a speeding object (such as an airplane) passes the speed of sound. Yeager made his history-setting flight on Oct. 14, 1947 in an airplane he dubbed Glamorous Glennis, after his...
Qian Zhongshu was one of the most famous Chinese writers to the western world.Born on November 21,1910 in Wuxi,Jiangsu Province,he grew up with his uncle,who didn't have a son.Qian liked reading books and had a surprising memory (记忆力).He only needed to read something once before lea...
This museum is located in an old New York Central freight depot. Today, in fact, it is the largest freight depot museum in the United States. The restoration of the interior is excellent and today thousands visit each year to witness the excitement of the largest electric train layout in th...
The child continually searches for new concepts and engages in problem solving, so symbols constantly change. The second developmental stage is the schematic stage, which characterizes the drawings of five- to six-year-old children, who draw schemas of specific objects in a repeated form, add a...
I was born in Sherman while Dad was assigned to Perrin Field as part of a post-war project to dismantle Army Air Fields. Harry Truman was President and the post-war economy allowed even military personnel a measure of prosperity. Whenever possible, we were enrolled in Catholic schools. We ...
there were Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, a pair of privileged, rich, successful young men who murdered a 14-year-old boy named Bobby Franks merely for the thrill and to see if they could pull it off. Dubbed the "crime of the century" in media outlets across the country, the story ...