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Famous People
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Martin Luther King ( ) *African American civil rights movement *youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner *racial segregation and discrimination *Pacifist *assassinated in 1968
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Albert Einstein ( ) *Theory of relativity *Physicist *Jewish *E=mc2 *"Nice job, Einstein!"
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Yi Sun-sin ( ) *Naval admiral *Victories against Japanese navy *Japanese invasions of Korea ( ) *Turtle ships *Iron roof
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Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947 - )
*Bodybuilder *Actor – Terminator, Predator *Governor of California *”Austrian Oak”
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Mohandas Gandhi ( ) *Indian Independence Movement *Satyagraha - resistance *Non-violent protests *Hunger Strike *Pacifist *Assassinated
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Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) *President of USA *Ended slavery in 1863 “emancipation” *Assassinated in Theater *shot in the head
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Michael Jackson ( ) *Musician *‘King of Pop’ *moonwalk, robot *died of natural causes *donated money to charity
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Nelson Mandela ( ) *Anti-apartheid activist *First non-violent, then terrorist *First black President of South Africa *Nobel Peace Prize *27 years in Prison
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Joseph Stalin ( ) *Communist *Leader of the Soviet Union *Largest death toll in WW II *collectivization *Gulag
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Adolf Hitler ( ) *Leader of Germany *Anti-Semitic *anti – communist *Holocaust * Third Reich Benito Mussolini ( ) *Italian dictator *National Fascists Party *Fascism – conflict *One-party state *Opposition to communism, individualism, liberalism
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Winston Churchill ( ) *Prime Minister *Writer *Artist *Only P.M. to get Nobel Prize for Literature
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Kim Yu-Na ( ) *World Champion Figure Skater
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Joan of Arc ( ) *Catholic Saint *Heroine of France *Helped France win victories during the Hundred Year War *Burned at the stake (19 years old) by the English
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Saddam Hussein ( ) *President of Iraq *Killed many Kurdish people *Invaded Kuwait *Hanged by America
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Leonardo Da Vinci ( ) *Florence *Scientist *Artist *Inventor *Musician *Writer *Mona Lisa *Invented the robot
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Steven Hawking (1942) *Scientist *Black Hole Theory Bill Gates ( ) *Microsoft Wright Brothers ( ) *first airplane Hellen Keller ( ) *First deaf/ blind to get Degree *Pacifist Elvis Presley ( ) *King of Rock ‘n Roll *mixed “black” and “white” sounds
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