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(February 12, 1893–April 8, 1981), was U.S. Military General. During World War II, he commanded the Second Army Corps in North Africa throughout the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns. He was the senior commander on the U.S. Ground Forces, 1944–45, for the invasion of France. In August of 1944, he led the 12th Army Group in … Continue reading “BRADLEY,
OMAR NELSON”

(1894), in the case of Hysong v. School District of Gallitzin Borough, 164 Pa. St. 629, 30 A. 482 (Pa. 1894), stated: We cannot infer, from the mere fact that a school board composed of Catholics has selected a majority of Catholic teachers, that therefore it has unlawfully discriminated in favor of Catholics, because the … Continue reading “PENNSYLVANIA
STATE COURT”

(February 18, 1892–October 8, 1944), was a business executive, lawyer, and U.S. Presidential Candidate. He had been a Democrat most of his life till he became a Republican in the middle 1930’s. After having served in World War I, he became a lawyer, and later the president of Southern Electric Utilities Company, 1933–40, selling properties … Continue reading “WILLKE,
WENDELL LEWIS”

(June 21, 1892–June 1, 1971), was an internationally known lecturer, writer and teacher. He graduated from Yale Divinity School; was professor at Union Theological Seminary New York City, 1930–60; dean of faculty, 1950–55; vice-president, 1955–60. He gain a reputation for being concerned with the needs of the poor, and in 1964 received the Presidential Medal … Continue reading “NIEBUHR,
REINHOLD”

(1892–1984), was a German submarine captain in World War I; studied theology at Munster; was a pastor at Dahlheim; formed the Pastor’s Emergency League to protest the Nazi government; was arrested in 1937; and spent 7 years in concentration camps. He helped to rebuild the Evangelical church in Europe after World War II and served … Continue reading “NIEMOELLER,
MARTIN”

(1892–1938), in Poemas Humanos, 1939, Whatever May Be the Cause, wrote: Whatever may be the cause I have to defend before God, beyond death I have a defender: God.3483

(September 15, 1891–January 12, 1975), was an acclaimed British playwright and author of popular detective fiction. She was educated at home by her mother and served as a volunteer nurse during World War I. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, her first manuscript, was rejected over 6 times by publishers until it was finally published in … Continue reading “CHRISTIE,
AGATHA, DAME”

(1892–1975), was a Roman Catholic Cardinal, 1946; Archbishop of Esztergom, 1945; and ordained a priest, 1915. On November 12, 1956, commenting on his eight years of confinement by the Russian occupation troops in Hungary, Josef Cardinal Mindszenty stated: I suffered torture bodily and in my soul. It’s God’s miracle that I am here and that … Continue reading “MINDSZENTY,
JOSEF CARDINAL”

(October 14, 1890–March 25, 1969), the 34th President of the United States, 1953–61; Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, 1950–52; president of Columbia University, 1948–52; U.S. Army Chief of Staff, 1945–48; Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Force, 1944, directing the D-Day invasion of Normandy; Commanding General of Allied Powers in European Theater, 1943, directing … Continue reading “EISENHOWER,
DWIGHT DAVID”

(March 19, 1891–July 9, 1974), was Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed in 1953, after having been Governor of California for three terms, 1943–53. He held the unique honor as having been first man ever to win both the Democratic and Republican nominations for governor in 1946. He was the Republican nominee for … Continue reading “WARREN,
EARL”