Al Capone was born on January 17, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents Gabriele and Teresina (Teresa) Capone, they moved from Italy and Al Capone was born shortly after the got to America. While Capone was in school he was a very good student, but when he had to repeat the…
José Arcadio Limón was born on the 12th January, 1908 in Culiacan, Mexico. At aged seven, to escape the Mexican Revolution, his family moved to Arizona, USA and later to California.…
Francisco DE Coronado was born in 1510 in Salamanca, Spain. He was born to a noble family, he also had siblings older than him, and of course their was recognized better than his. When Coronado traveled across the Pacific Ocean with his good friend and his right hand man Antonio De Mendoza. After traveling to new Spain Coronado married Don Beatriz was also the mother…
Roberto Walker Clemente was born on August 13, 1934, in Barrio San Anton in Carolina, Puerto Rico to Melchor and Luisa Clemente. Roberto Clemente was the youngest of seven children in the family. He had four brothers: Osvaldo, Justino, Andres, and half-brother Luis Oquendo. He also had two sisters: Anairis Clemente and half-sister Rosa Oquendo. Everybody in the Clemente family lived under one roof and, somehow, all got along with each other. The largest influence on Roberto Clemente was his older brother Osvaldo. Osvaldo brought baseball into the Clemente family, but it was not him who thrived in the sport (Powell).…
William McKinley was born March 4, 1843 in Niles, Ohio. As a young man McKinley spent his…
Cortés was born in Medellín, in the province of Extremadura, in the Kingdom of Castile in Spain in 1485. His father, Martín Cortés de Monroy, born in 1449 to Rodrigo or Ruy Fernández de Monroy and his wife María Cortés, was an infantry captain of distinguished ancestry but slender means. Hernán's…
Pancho Villa was born with the name of Doroteo Arango on June 5, 1878 (Katz 87). His life began in a small village in Rio Grande which was part of the northern Mexican state of Durango. He grew up on a small estate called the Hacienda…
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was born in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador on August 15, 1917. He was the second born out of seven children to Guadalupe de Jesús Galdámez and Santos Romero. Since his…
Hernan Cortes sailed the vast, deep, blue ocean throughout his life, searching for land, money and power. The astonishing leader born in Spain in 1485 developed many armies and navigated through rough terrain. To many people he was respected, although feared a good leader. Hernan Cortes was an accomplished conquistador who improvised leadership by overpowering the Aztecs, which affected the country of Mexico for their language and religion by spreading the culture of Spain to Mexico.…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30th, 1882. His birthplace was at a family estate in Hyde Park, New York. The newborn baby was born into a very wealthy family and was the fifth cousin to the past great president Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin already had presidential blood running through his veins, but no one could possibly imagine how great his accomplishments would be. Behind every great leader there is a great education, and Franklin got the best education money could buy. The youngster was enrolled into a very expensive renowned school called Groton to receive his education.…
“Tengo Puerto Rico en mi corazón” (“I have Puerto Rico in my heart”), Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez said this because he had a lot of feelings for his nationality he helped many puertoriquenas to gain power and overcome more in life. Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez was born august 8,1948 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, to jibaro parents. His mother Eugenia Rodriguez arrived from Puerto Rico in 1949 and took Jose to New York City, then to a migrant camp near Boston where they were reunited with José's father, Antonio Jiménez. Then they finally moved to Chicago. Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez was the founder of the Young Lords as a national human rights movement. It was found in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago on September 23,1968. Jose Jimenez was important because he helped many people with their human rights, gain power and respect, and speak up for themselves.…
Hernando de Soto was born in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain sometime around the year 1500. He was born to parents who lived in Extremadura, an area of great hardship and poverty. Like many young men at the time, de Soto longed to escape Extremadura and achieve military fame exploring new lands.…
In the final analysis of Chavez's work, it becomes clear that his use of personal and inviting language combined with strong juxtaposition powered his argument. Although nonviolence,…
Pablo Escobar was just like any ordinary kid, he came from a good family, but was raised in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Colombia . Pablo Escobar, born on December 1, 1949, in Antioquia, Colombia. His mother was a teacher at the local school. When Escobar has been in his teens he would always tell people that he would one day become the president of…
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, in Malaga, Spain, in 1881. His full name is Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito…