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John F Kennedy
In 1962, the world came really close to nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviet Union moved missiles to Cuba. Many in the American military were skeptical on an air strike on the missile bases -
Pope john paul II
Born in Poland, 18th May, 1920, Karol Wojtyla was brought up As a young man he lived through theNazi invasion of Poland. He witnessed many wrong doings and on occasions narrowly avoided with his life. It was during the war that he made the decision to train to be a priest; this had to be done quickly . During the war, he was also credited for trying to help Jewish friends escape persecution. he was made the youngest bishop ever -
Martin luther king
his ‘I have a dream’ speech became a clarion call for an end to racism and segregation. He also became involved in opposing the Vietnam war and highlighting issues of poverty. -
Malcolm x
Malcolm x was born in Nebraska, and just like martin luther king jr, he was trying to stop the klan. but forcefully -
Lyndon b johnson
(1908 – 1973) was president from 1963-68. He controlled the conflict of the Vietnam conflict, which cost a lot . He also passed civil rights legislation which made illegal segregation. -
Paul McCarthney
This was to prove the nucleus for the Beatles. The Beatles began by playing gigs in clubs in Germany and Liverpool. It was at the Cavern club where they were spotted by manager Brian Epstein. He secured them their first major recording contract with Parlophone after many other record companies like Decca had turned them down) -
The equal rights act of 1972
The equal rights act fails in 1972 -
Bill gates
Bill Gates created Microsoft in 1976 when he made a contract with MITTS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) to develop a basic operating system for their new microcomputers. -
Sting
they came up with the rock band Police. In 1978, he moved to London where, with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, they formed a group ‘The Police’. They went onto sell many best selling albums and won six Grammy awards. -
Barack obama
was the first non-white US president. After only one year as president he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the hope he would be able to promote greater international co-operation.
