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50 matches to Admiral Graf Spee
Crédit Mobilier of America. 1865-72. Scandal involving illegal profits, graft in Union Pacific Railroad construction.
Gräfe, Albrecht. 1828-70. German ophthalmologist. Glaucoma, 1857. Cataract treatment, 1867.
Magdeburg. 1631. German republic destroyed by Tilly in Thirty Years War.
Marggraf, Andreas. 1709-82. German. Sugar in beets, 1747.
Tilly, Graf von. 1559-1632. Flemish commander of Catholic League in Thirty Years War.
Zeppelin, Ferdinand von. 1838-1917. German constructor of dirigibles 1900-. 1928 Graf Zeppelin around world. Transatlantic service 1928-37. Hindenburg.
Broca, Paul. 1824-80. French pathologist; discovered brain’s speech center.
Checkers Speech. 1952. US VP Nixon denies personal gain from campaign funds on TV.
Civil Rights Movement. 1950-91. US movement to obtain rights for blacks. 1955 Parks. 1963 March on Washington. King speech. 1991 Civil Rights Act.
Desmoulins, Camille. 1760-94. French journalist, lawyer and conventionnel. Speech inspired the storming of the Bastille. Executed as Moderate.
Fizeau, Armand. 1819-96. French physicist. Measured speed of light, 1849.
Gaspee. British boat burned 1772 by American rebels. Response, Intolerable Acts.
Intolerable Acts. 1774. British response to Boston Tea Party, Gaspee burning. Closed Boston Harbor. Established military government. Midwest under Quebec rule...Continental Congress.
Michelson, Albert. 1852-1931. Polish/US physicist. With Morley, disproved existence of ether 1887. Measured speed of light.
Mosadeq, Mohammed. 1880-1967. Iran Prime Minister. Nationalized oil 1951. Briefly forced out Shah 1953. Pyjama speeches.
Nader, Ralph. 1934-. US pioneer consumer advocate. Unsafe at Any Speed 1965.
Newton, Isaac. 1643-1727. English physicist. Calculus 1666. Reflecting telescope 1668. Binomial Theorem. 1676. Tides 1683. Law of Gravity and Acceleration 1684. Decomposition of light.Principia Mathematica 1687. Speed of sound 1698.Opticks 1704.
Nixon, Richard. 1913-94. US president 1969-74. Hiss investigation. Checkers. China relations. Vietnam cease-fire. Watergate. Pardoned.
Nuremberg Rallies. 1933-8. Annual Nazi festivals followed by Hitler policy speech.
Rights of Man, Declaration. 1789. Preamble to 1791 French constitution. Guaranteed representation, equality before law, property, freedom of religion, press, speech.
Rømer, Olaus. 1644-1710. Danish astronomer. Proved finite speed of light 1676.
Secret Speech. 1956. Khrushchev call for destalinization in USSR leads to Hungarian, Polish uprisings.
Speenhamland System. 1795-1834. British welfare system to aid poor.
Speer, Albert. 1905-81. Architect, Nazi war production organizer.
Turner, Joseph. 1775-1851. English Romantic landscape painter. Original use of color. Reflections on water. Mature style more abstract. Snowstorm 1812. Rain, Speed, Smoke 1844.