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Simon Wiesenthal ( 1908- September 20, 2005) was studying architecture in Lwow, Poland ( now Lviv Ukraine) when WWII broke out. In November 2941, he and other Jews in the city were forced into a ghetto. Shortly after, he and his wife were transferred to Janowska concentration camp. They were separated when he was able to get her forged identity papers and was able to go to Warsaw. They were reunited after the war
He spent the rest of the war in Janowska, Krakow-Plaszow, and Gross-Rosen concentration camps before surviving a death march to Chemnitz, and then Buchenwald. He was in the Mauthausen camp when it was liberated on May 5, 1945.
Immediately after the war and reunion with his wife, he began the work that would consume the rest of their lives: tracking down fugitive Nazi war criminals. Neo-Nazis made regular death threats and assassination attempts throughout his life, but he continued his work until age 92.
He published several books about Nazi-Hunting and books like The Sunflower, an examination of forgiveness. In preparing this post, I learned about Sails of Hope, now out of print, in which he makes the case that Columbus was a closeted Sephardic Jew who undertook his did discovery voyages in part to look for a safe home for Jews. Of course, historians agree that Columbus was from Genoa, but little is really known about him. It's an interesting theory.
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Simon Wiesenthal ( 1908- September 20, 2005) was studying architecture in Lwow, Poland ( now Lviv Ukraine) when WWII broke out. In November 2941, he and other Jews in the city were forced into a ghetto. Shortly after, he and his wife were transferred to Janowska concentration camp.
He spent the rest of the war in Janowska, Krakow-Plaszow, and Gross-Rosen concentration camps before surviving a death march to Chemnitz, and then Buchenwald. He was in the Mauthausen camp when it was liberated on May 5, 1945.
Located east of Linz Austria, Mauthausen concentration camp included 100 sub camps.
From Wikipedia:
" The Mauthausen main camp operated from 8 August 1938, several months after the German annexation of Austria, to 5 May 1945, when it was liberated by the United States Army. Starting with the camp at Mauthausen, the number of subcamps expanded over time. In January 1945, the camps contained roughly 85,000 inmates.
As at other Nazi concentration camps, the inmates at Mauthausen and its subcamps were forced to work as slave labour, under conditions that caused many deaths. Mauthausen and its subcamps included quarries, munitions factories, mines, arms factories and plants assembling Me 262 fighter aircraft. The conditions at Mauthausen were even more severe than at most other Nazi concentration camps. Half of the 190,000 deportees died at Mauthausen or its subcamps.
Mauthausen was one of the first massive concentration camp complexes in Nazi Germany, and the last to be liberated by the Allies. The Mauthausen main camp is now a museum."
Simon Wiesenthal ( 1908- September 20, 2005) was studying architecture in Lwow, Poland ( now Lviv Ukraine) when WWII broke out. In November 2941, he and other Jews in the city were forced into a ghetto. Shortly after, he and his wife were transferred to Janowska concentration camp.
He spent the rest of the war in Janowska, Krakow-Plaszow, and Gross-Rosen concentration camps before surviving a death march to Chemnitz, and then Buchenwald. He was in the Mauthausen camp when it was liberated on May 5, 1945.
Located east of Linz Austria, Mauthausen concentration camp included 100 sub camps.
From Wikipedia:
" The Mauthausen main camp operated from 8 August 1938, several months after the German annexation of Austria, to 5 May 1945, when it was liberated by the United States Army. Starting with the camp at Mauthausen, the number of subcamps expanded over time. In January 1945, the camps contained roughly 85,000 inmates.
As at other Nazi concentration camps, the inmates at Mauthausen and its subcamps were forced to work as slave labour, under conditions that caused many deaths. Mauthausen and its subcamps included quarries, munitions factories, mines, arms factories and plants assembling Me 262 fighter aircraft. The conditions at Mauthausen were even more severe than at most other Nazi concentration camps. Half of the 190,000 deportees died at Mauthausen or its subcamps.
Mauthausen was one of the first massive concentration camp complexes in Nazi Germany, and the last to be liberated by the Allies. The Mauthausen main camp is now a museum."
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Simon Wiesenthal ( 1908- September 20, 2005) was studying architecture in Lwow, Poland ( now Lviv Ukraine) when WWII broke out. In November 2941, he and other Jews in the city were forced into a ghetto. Shortly after, he and his wife were transferred to Janowska concentration camp.
He spent the rest of the war in Janowska, Krakow-Plaszow, and Gross-Rosen concentration camps before surviving a death march to Chemnitz, and then Buchenwald. He was in the Mauthausen camp when it was liberated on May 5, 1945.
After the war, Wiesenthal worked for the OSS, Office of Strategic Services- the forerunner of the CIA, to locate and collect evidence against fugitive Nazi war criminals. He also worked within the Bricha or Bericha organization, assisting Jewish refugees by arranging identification papers, family reunions, food, and travel to Palestine, then a British mandate territory.
Simon Wiesenthal ( 1908- September 20, 2005) was studying architecture in Lwow, Poland ( now Lviv Ukraine) when WWII broke out. In November 2941, he and other Jews in the city were forced into a ghetto. Shortly after, he and his wife were transferred to Janowska concentration camp.
He spent the rest of the war in Janowska, Krakow-Plaszow, and Gross-Rosen concentration camps before surviving a death march to Chemnitz, and then Buchenwald. He was in the Mauthausen camp when it was liberated on May 5, 1945.
After the war, Wiesenthal worked for the OSS, Office of Strategic Services- the forerunner of the CIA, to locate and collect evidence against fugitive Nazi war criminals. He also worked within the Bricha or Bericha organization, assisting Jewish refugees by arranging identification papers, family reunions, food, and travel to Palestine, then a British mandate territory.
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Prolific British author, H.G. Wells was born on September 21, 1866. (Died 1948) He wrote more than 50 novels and dozens of short stories. He has been called "the father of science fiction" because his most popular books are in that genre, but he wrote in many genres.
His parents ran a small, barely profitable, shop and his father supplemented his income as a professional cricketer. Bedridden with a broken leg at age 8, Wells developed his love for books and for writing. When his father injured his leg, his cricket career was over, and the family was forced to pull Wells and his brothers from school and place them in apprenticeships. He became a Grammar School teacher and then began studying biology and evolution, major influences in his writing.
Wells is one of those authors whose lives might be more interesting than much fiction. He had numerous love affairs, during and after his marriages, several with women 25 years or so his junior. Intermittent partners included Margaret Danger and the mistress of Russian writer Maxim Gorky (while a guest of Gorky in Russia). In fact, he was a vocal proponent, and practitioner, of free love. He called himself the "Don Juan of the intelligentsia," and he once wrote "I have done what I pleased so that every bit of sexual impulse in me has expressed itself. I am a very immoral person. I have preyed upon people who loved me."
Prolific British author, H.G. Wells was born on September 21, 1866. (Died 1948) He wrote more than 50 novels and dozens of short stories. He has been called "the father of science fiction" because his most popular books are in that genre, but he wrote in many genres.
His parents ran a small, barely profitable, shop and his father supplemented his income as a professional cricketer. Bedridden with a broken leg at age 8, Wells developed his love for books and for writing. When his father injured his leg, his cricket career was over, and the family was forced to pull Wells and his brothers from school and place them in apprenticeships. He became a Grammar School teacher and then began studying biology and evolution, major influences in his writing.
Wells is one of those authors whose lives might be more interesting than much fiction. He had numerous love affairs, during and after his marriages, several with women 25 years or so his junior. Intermittent partners included Margaret Danger and the mistress of Russian writer Maxim Gorky (while a guest of Gorky in Russia). In fact, he was a vocal proponent, and practitioner, of free love. He called himself the "Don Juan of the intelligentsia," and he once wrote "I have done what I pleased so that every bit of sexual impulse in me has expressed itself. I am a very immoral person. I have preyed upon people who loved me."
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Prolific British author, H.G. Wells was born on September 21, 1866. (Died 1948) He wrote more than 50 novels and dozens of short stories. He has been called "the father of science fiction" because his most popular books are in that genre, but he wrote in many genres.
From Wikipedia:
"Prior to 1933, Wells's books were widely read in Germany and Austria, and most of his science fiction works had been translated shortly after publication. By 1933, he had attracted the attention of German officials because of his criticism of the political situation in Germany, and on 10 May 1933, Wells's books were burned by the Nazi youth in Berlin's Opernplatz, and his works were banned from libraries and book stores. Wells, as president of PEN International (Poets, Essayists, Novelists), angered the Nazis by overseeing the expulsion of the German PEN club from the international body in 1934 following the German PEN's refusal to admit non-Aryan writers to its membership. At a PEN conference in Ragusa, Wells refused to yield to Nazi sympathisers who demanded that the exiled author Ernst Toller be prevented from speaking. Near the end of World War II, Allied forces discovered that the SS had compiled lists of people slated for immediate arrest during the invasion of Britain in the abandoned Operation Sea Lion, with Wells included in the alphabetical list of "The Black Book"."
Prolific British author, H.G. Wells was born on September 21, 1866. (Died 1948) He wrote more than 50 novels and dozens of short stories. He has been called "the father of science fiction" because his most popular books are in that genre, but he wrote in many genres.
From Wikipedia:
"Prior to 1933, Wells's books were widely read in Germany and Austria, and most of his science fiction works had been translated shortly after publication. By 1933, he had attracted the attention of German officials because of his criticism of the political situation in Germany, and on 10 May 1933, Wells's books were burned by the Nazi youth in Berlin's Opernplatz, and his works were banned from libraries and book stores. Wells, as president of PEN International (Poets, Essayists, Novelists), angered the Nazis by overseeing the expulsion of the German PEN club from the international body in 1934 following the German PEN's refusal to admit non-Aryan writers to its membership. At a PEN conference in Ragusa, Wells refused to yield to Nazi sympathisers who demanded that the exiled author Ernst Toller be prevented from speaking. Near the end of World War II, Allied forces discovered that the SS had compiled lists of people slated for immediate arrest during the invasion of Britain in the abandoned Operation Sea Lion, with Wells included in the alphabetical list of "The Black Book"."
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Prolific British author, H.G. Wells was born on September 21, 1866. (Died 1948) He wrote more than 50 novels and dozens of short stories. He has been called "the father of science fiction" because his most popular books are in that genre, but he wrote in many genres.
In homage to Wells' War of the Worlds on its 100th anniversary, artist Michael Condron installed a 23 feet tall Martian in Working England, not far from where Wells described one of his creations landing in the book. In addition to the sculpture of the alien, slabs bearing images of bacteria, the cause of the Martians' downfall, cover the ground below it.
Prolific British author, H.G. Wells was born on September 21, 1866. (Died 1948) He wrote more than 50 novels and dozens of short stories. He has been called "the father of science fiction" because his most popular books are in that genre, but he wrote in many genres.
In homage to Wells' War of the Worlds on its 100th anniversary, artist Michael Condron installed a 23 feet tall Martian in Working England, not far from where Wells described one of his creations landing in the book. In addition to the sculpture of the alien, slabs bearing images of bacteria, the cause of the Martians' downfall, cover the ground below it.
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From September 22 through the 24th, 1906, armed mobs of white Atlantans raged through downtown Atlanta destroying black businesses and homes, pulling blacks from streetcars, hanging some from lampposts, and shooting and beating others. The official death toll was 25 blacks and two whites, but estimates range as high as 100.
The immediate catalyst was the newspaper reports of the rapes of four white women in separate incidents, but the underlying cause was growing racial tension in the city. Atlanta had become home to a very prosperous, educated, and politically active black elite, and whites felt their economic and political power were threatened.
J. Max Barber ( 1878-1949) was part of that black elite. Born in South Carolina, he moved to Atlanta after graduation from college and began work in 1903 at The Voice of the Negro, a literary magazine, soon becoming editor-in-chief. Barber was a founder of the Niagara Movement, the forerunner of the NAACP, and he started recruiting more and more "radical" writers at the Voice. By 1906, The Voice was the leading black magazine in the US. Barber published the events of the 1906 massacre and submitted articles and letters to larger newspapers blaming the white Atlanta press for stoking the flames of racism. He immediately received death threats and decided to move to Chicago. Unfortunately, his "radicalism" did not make Booker T. Washington a fan and, he believed, Washington used his Tuskegee Machine of influence to prevent him from becoming a Chicago journalist. Unable to get a job in the black press, he went to dental school and practiced dentistry in Philadelphia for the rest of his life.
Negrophobia is an excellent history of the 1906 massacre, an event which Atlanta and Georgia politicians kept quiet for decades. The first public marking of the event took place on its centennial in 2006.
From September 22 through the 24th, 1906, armed mobs of white Atlantans raged through downtown Atlanta destroying black businesses and homes, pulling blacks from streetcars, hanging some from lampposts, and shooting and beating others. The official death toll was 25 blacks and two whites, but estimates range as high as 100.
The immediate catalyst was the newspaper reports of the rapes of four white women in separate incidents, but the underlying cause was growing racial tension in the city. Atlanta had become home to a very prosperous, educated, and politically active black elite, and whites felt their economic and political power were threatened.
J. Max Barber ( 1878-1949) was part of that black elite. Born in South Carolina, he moved to Atlanta after graduation from college and began work in 1903 at The Voice of the Negro, a literary magazine, soon becoming editor-in-chief. Barber was a founder of the Niagara Movement, the forerunner of the NAACP, and he started recruiting more and more "radical" writers at the Voice. By 1906, The Voice was the leading black magazine in the US. Barber published the events of the 1906 massacre and submitted articles and letters to larger newspapers blaming the white Atlanta press for stoking the flames of racism. He immediately received death threats and decided to move to Chicago. Unfortunately, his "radicalism" did not make Booker T. Washington a fan and, he believed, Washington used his Tuskegee Machine of influence to prevent him from becoming a Chicago journalist. Unable to get a job in the black press, he went to dental school and practiced dentistry in Philadelphia for the rest of his life.
Negrophobia is an excellent history of the 1906 massacre, an event which Atlanta and Georgia politicians kept quiet for decades. The first public marking of the event took place on its centennial in 2006.
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From September 22 through the 24th, 1906, armed mobs of white Atlantans raged through downtown Atlanta destroying black businesses and homes, pulling blacks from streetcars, hanging some from lampposts, and shooting and beating others. The official death toll was 25 blacks and two whites, but estimates range as high as 100.
The epicenter of the violence was the area known as Five Points, in downtown Atlanta, where several streets intersect. Today, the area is dominated by Georgia State University buildings, a park, and high-rise buildings. In 1906, it was a thriving neighborhood of black homes and businesses.
Many blacks from rural Georgia and beyond had been drawn to Atlanta, touted as the capital of the "New South, to pursue economic opportunity. White Atlantans felt threatened economically and politically, and the white newspapers seized on multiple rumors of white women assaulted by black women, even though some of the alleged victims denied being attacked at all. There was also a fierce gubernatorial election in progress. Decatur Street bars were accused of attracting black criminals and encouraging socializing between black men and white women. Black-owned businesses were propelling blacks into Atlanta's middle and upper classes.
By the evening of September 22, thousands of armed whites descended on Five Points. They targeted black men, women, and children, along with homes, businesses, and the historically black Atlanta University complex. The state militia finally brought an end to the violence a few days later, arresting 250 blacks and 0 whites, in the process.
From September 22 through the 24th, 1906, armed mobs of white Atlantans raged through downtown Atlanta destroying black businesses and homes, pulling blacks from streetcars, hanging some from lampposts, and shooting and beating others. The official death toll was 25 blacks and two whites, but estimates range as high as 100.
The epicenter of the violence was the area known as Five Points, in downtown Atlanta, where several streets intersect. Today, the area is dominated by Georgia State University buildings, a park, and high-rise buildings. In 1906, it was a thriving neighborhood of black homes and businesses.
Many blacks from rural Georgia and beyond had been drawn to Atlanta, touted as the capital of the "New South, to pursue economic opportunity. White Atlantans felt threatened economically and politically, and the white newspapers seized on multiple rumors of white women assaulted by black women, even though some of the alleged victims denied being attacked at all. There was also a fierce gubernatorial election in progress. Decatur Street bars were accused of attracting black criminals and encouraging socializing between black men and white women. Black-owned businesses were propelling blacks into Atlanta's middle and upper classes.
By the evening of September 22, thousands of armed whites descended on Five Points. They targeted black men, women, and children, along with homes, businesses, and the historically black Atlanta University complex. The state militia finally brought an end to the violence a few days later, arresting 250 blacks and 0 whites, in the process.
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From September 22 through the 24th, 1906, armed mobs of white Atlantans raged through downtown Atlanta destroying black businesses and homes, pulling blacks from streetcars, hanging some from lampposts, and shooting and beating others. The official death toll was 25 blacks and two whites, but estimates range as high as 100.
There is currently an online petition calling for renaming the Atlanta Race Riot to the Atlanta Massacre. Names and words are important in history and have been used by people with an agenda. For example, patriots labeled the slaying of five Bostonians the Boston Massacre, intentionally choosing the word massacre to convey the depravity of the British soldiers. The Battle of Little Bighorn was called Custer's Last Stand to convey heroism and bravery. The Massacre of 300 unarmed Lakota was called the Battle of Wounded Knee. The word "riot" implies a clash between a mob and an authority of some sort. The Atlanta Massacre was an attack by white civilians on mostly unarmed black civilians (A few black families barricaded themselves in buildings with weapons in self defense.) resulting in the murders of 25-100 people.
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From September 22 through the 24th, 1906, armed mobs of white Atlantans raged through downtown Atlanta destroying black businesses and homes, pulling blacks from streetcars, hanging some from lampposts, and shooting and beating others. The official death toll was 25 blacks and two whites, but estimates range as high as 100.
There is currently an online petition calling for renaming the Atlanta Race Riot to the Atlanta Massacre. Names and words are important in history and have been used by people with an agenda. For example, patriots labeled the slaying of five Bostonians the Boston Massacre, intentionally choosing the word massacre to convey the depravity of the British soldiers. The Battle of Little Bighorn was called Custer's Last Stand to convey heroism and bravery. The Massacre of 300 unarmed Lakota was called the Battle of Wounded Knee. The word "riot" implies a clash between a mob and an authority of some sort. The Atlanta Massacre was an attack by white civilians on mostly unarmed black civilians (A few black families barricaded themselves in buildings with weapons in self defense.) resulting in the murders of 25-100 people.
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On September 23, 1387, English King Richard II and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, were honored at a huge feast in the home of the Bishop of Durham in London. There were hundreds of guests served in three chambers.
The menu (the protein at least):
16 oxen, 14 salted, two fresh
120 sheep
12 boars
14 calves
140 pigs
84 pounds salt venison
3 fresh does
1200 pigeons
144 partridges
204 chickens
496 rabbits
11,000 eggs
50 swans
210 geese
146 capons (roosters)
4 pheasants
5 herons
6 goats
The Course of History is a fascinating book describing in detail ten of the most important meals in history, their menus, settings, guests, contexts, table talk, and outcomes. (And this feast didn't make the cut. The meals in the book go from 1745-1979.)
On September 23, 1387, English King Richard II and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, were honored at a huge feast in the home of the Bishop of Durham in London. There were hundreds of guests served in three chambers.
The menu (the protein at least):
16 oxen, 14 salted, two fresh
120 sheep
12 boars
14 calves
140 pigs
84 pounds salt venison
3 fresh does
1200 pigeons
144 partridges
204 chickens
496 rabbits
11,000 eggs
50 swans
210 geese
146 capons (roosters)
4 pheasants
5 herons
6 goats
The Course of History is a fascinating book describing in detail ten of the most important meals in history, their menus, settings, guests, contexts, table talk, and outcomes. (And this feast didn't make the cut. The meals in the book go from 1745-1979.)
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On September 23, 1387, English King Richard II and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, were honored at a huge feast in the home of the Bishop of Durham in London. There were hundreds of guests served in three chambers.
Another momentous banquet in history was the banquet in President Richard Nixon's honor to mark his visit to Bejing, and the warming of US-Chinese relations in 1972. It was held in the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square, and the event was broadcast live around the world. Chinese food was still incredibly exotic and unknown to most of America in 1972, so there was a lot of concern that Nixon might make a misstep somehow that would threaten the success of the entire trip.
In fact, all went well, Nixon proved to be reasonably adept at using chopsticks and had been prepared on proper etiquette. Meanwhile, the Chinese had created a menu to suit what they thought the American palate could take. For example, there were two shrimp dishes even though shrimp is uncommon in Bejing cuisine, because they thought Americans loved shrimp. However they also served shark fin soup, black mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and fish fillets in pickle wine sauce. Nixon seemed to have survived the meal without any issues, a feat for a man who often made a bedtime snack of cottage cheese covered in ketchup.
The Course of History is a fascinating book describing in detail ten of the most important meals in history, their menus, settings, guests, contexts, table talk, and outcomes, including the Bejing dinner.
On September 23, 1387, English King Richard II and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, were honored at a huge feast in the home of the Bishop of Durham in London. There were hundreds of guests served in three chambers.
Another momentous banquet in history was the banquet in President Richard Nixon's honor to mark his visit to Bejing, and the warming of US-Chinese relations in 1972. It was held in the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square, and the event was broadcast live around the world. Chinese food was still incredibly exotic and unknown to most of America in 1972, so there was a lot of concern that Nixon might make a misstep somehow that would threaten the success of the entire trip.
In fact, all went well, Nixon proved to be reasonably adept at using chopsticks and had been prepared on proper etiquette. Meanwhile, the Chinese had created a menu to suit what they thought the American palate could take. For example, there were two shrimp dishes even though shrimp is uncommon in Bejing cuisine, because they thought Americans loved shrimp. However they also served shark fin soup, black mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and fish fillets in pickle wine sauce. Nixon seemed to have survived the meal without any issues, a feat for a man who often made a bedtime snack of cottage cheese covered in ketchup.
The Course of History is a fascinating book describing in detail ten of the most important meals in history, their menus, settings, guests, contexts, table talk, and outcomes, including the Bejing dinner.
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On September 23, 1387, English King Richard II and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, were honored at a huge feast in the home of the Bishop of Durham in London. There were hundreds of guests served in three chambers.
An important dinner in American history took place in 1790 at Thomas Jefferson's New York residence. Secretary of State Jefferson invited fellow Virginian and future Republican leader James Madison and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to dinner. The brand new country was still struggling to get its footing; important issues were dividing the Congress. Hamilton had proposed a major financial plan that he felt was essential to build a strong foundation. If it failed to pass, he was sure that it meant an end to his political career and maybe even an end to the country. A major tenet of his plan was assumption of state debts - the nation would assume all the debts incurred by the 13 states. Southern states like Virginia opposed the plan because they had little debt and didn't want to pay the debts of other states.
Meanwhile, debate was raging over where to build the country's permanent capital city. Southern states wanted it in the South for the prestige and the development that it would bring. Over dinner, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton came to a compromise: the Virginians would get southern support for assumption and Hamilton would get northern support for locating the capital in the South.
On September 23, 1387, English King Richard II and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, were honored at a huge feast in the home of the Bishop of Durham in London. There were hundreds of guests served in three chambers.
An important dinner in American history took place in 1790 at Thomas Jefferson's New York residence. Secretary of State Jefferson invited fellow Virginian and future Republican leader James Madison and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to dinner. The brand new country was still struggling to get its footing; important issues were dividing the Congress. Hamilton had proposed a major financial plan that he felt was essential to build a strong foundation. If it failed to pass, he was sure that it meant an end to his political career and maybe even an end to the country. A major tenet of his plan was assumption of state debts - the nation would assume all the debts incurred by the 13 states. Southern states like Virginia opposed the plan because they had little debt and didn't want to pay the debts of other states.
Meanwhile, debate was raging over where to build the country's permanent capital city. Southern states wanted it in the South for the prestige and the development that it would bring. Over dinner, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton came to a compromise: the Virginians would get southern support for assumption and Hamilton would get northern support for locating the capital in the South.
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Theodore Giesel, AKA Dr. Seuss, died on September 24, 1991 at age 87.
Grisel was born and raised in Springfield Massachusetts. The family was of Jewish German descent and experienced anti-German discrimination during WWII. He attended Dartmouth and got caught with alcohol in his room, during Prohibition. His punishment was to drop all extracurriculars, including his editor-in-chief position at the campus humor magazine. To secretly continue in that position, he adopted the pen name Seuss. After graduation from Dartmouth, he attended Oxford University intending to earn a doctorate in English Literature. He met his wife there, and she convinced him to pursue his cartooning and illustration work instead.
He submitted work to various magazines and advertising agencies, eventually earning a position with the Flit bug spray company. In 1936, he wrote And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. After rejections from 20-43 publishers before getting it published.
During WWII, he drew propaganda cartoons before joining the Army and becoming commander if the animation department if the Army Motion Picture Unit, where he oversaw the creation of numerous army training films.
Theodore Giesel, AKA Dr. Seuss, died on September 24, 1991 at age 87.
Grisel was born and raised in Springfield Massachusetts. The family was of Jewish German descent and experienced anti-German discrimination during WWII. He attended Dartmouth and got caught with alcohol in his room, during Prohibition. His punishment was to drop all extracurriculars, including his editor-in-chief position at the campus humor magazine. To secretly continue in that position, he adopted the pen name Seuss. After graduation from Dartmouth, he attended Oxford University intending to earn a doctorate in English Literature. He met his wife there, and she convinced him to pursue his cartooning and illustration work instead.
He submitted work to various magazines and advertising agencies, eventually earning a position with the Flit bug spray company. In 1936, he wrote And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. After rejections from 20-43 publishers before getting it published.
During WWII, he drew propaganda cartoons before joining the Army and becoming commander if the animation department if the Army Motion Picture Unit, where he oversaw the creation of numerous army training films.
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Theodore Giesel, AKA Dr. Seuss, died on September 24, 1991 at age 87.
Grisel was born and raised in Springfield Massachusetts, where there was a real Mulberry Street very close to his home. His first book was And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street.
Theodore Giesel, AKA Dr. Seuss, died on September 24, 1991 at age 87.
Grisel was born and raised in Springfield Massachusetts, where there was a real Mulberry Street very close to his home. His first book was And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street.
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Theodore Giesel, AKA Dr. Seuss, died on September 24, 1991 at age 87.
His first real job as a cartoonist was doing the advertising for Flit bug spray, a product of the Standard Oil Company. It proved very popular, and "Quick Henry, get the Flit!" became a part of pop culture in the 1930s.
Theodore Giesel, AKA Dr. Seuss, died on September 24, 1991 at age 87.
His first real job as a cartoonist was doing the advertising for Flit bug spray, a product of the Standard Oil Company. It proved very popular, and "Quick Henry, get the Flit!" became a part of pop culture in the 1930s.
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Erich Maria Remarque died in Switzerland on September 25, 1970 at age 72.
Conscripted into the German army at 18 during WWI, he served in the trenches of the Western Front in June and July 1917. On July 31, shell shrapnel wounded him in the left leg, right arm, and neck, and he spent the rest of the war in an army hospital.
After the war he worked as a teacher, librarian, journalist, editor, and technical writer. He returned to writing, a passion he had developed since age 16, and it became a way of dealing with the traumas of war and his mother's death. By 1927, when he wrote All Quiet On the Western Front, he had published a couple of novels, a few stories, and a comic series. After a struggle to find a publisher, All Quiet was published in 1929. It became an international bestseller and inspired a whole new genre of war memoirs.
The anti-war theme led to All Quiet's banning and burning in Nazi Germany. After he left Germany for Switzerland, Nazis continued to attack him, declaring that he had not served in WWII, and his citizenship was revoked. His sister was tried for treason and beheaded for taking part in anti-Nazi activities. He went to the US as the war started and became a citizen in 1947.
During his life, he had relationships with actresses Heddy Lamar, Dolores Del Rio, and Marlene Dietrich, marrying Paulette Goddard in 1958.
A new German movie adaptation of All Quiet is now available on Netflix, and us receiving a lot of attention.
Erich Maria Remarque died in Switzerland on September 25, 1970 at age 72.
Conscripted into the German army at 18 during WWI, he served in the trenches of the Western Front in June and July 1917. On July 31, shell shrapnel wounded him in the left leg, right arm, and neck, and he spent the rest of the war in an army hospital.
After the war he worked as a teacher, librarian, journalist, editor, and technical writer. He returned to writing, a passion he had developed since age 16, and it became a way of dealing with the traumas of war and his mother's death. By 1927, when he wrote All Quiet On the Western Front, he had published a couple of novels, a few stories, and a comic series. After a struggle to find a publisher, All Quiet was published in 1929. It became an international bestseller and inspired a whole new genre of war memoirs.
The anti-war theme led to All Quiet's banning and burning in Nazi Germany. After he left Germany for Switzerland, Nazis continued to attack him, declaring that he had not served in WWII, and his citizenship was revoked. His sister was tried for treason and beheaded for taking part in anti-Nazi activities. He went to the US as the war started and became a citizen in 1947.
During his life, he had relationships with actresses Heddy Lamar, Dolores Del Rio, and Marlene Dietrich, marrying Paulette Goddard in 1958.
A new German movie adaptation of All Quiet is now available on Netflix, and us receiving a lot of attention.
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Erich Maria Remarque died in Switzerland on September 25, 1970 at age 72.
Former actress Paulette Goddard and Remarque married in 1958. Goddard died in 1990 and bequeathed $20 million to New York University to fund an institute for European studies, named in his honor. The university's Fales Library houses Remarque's papers.
A new German movie adaptation of All Quiet is now available on Netflix, and us receiving a lot of attention.
Erich Maria Remarque died in Switzerland on September 25, 1970 at age 72.
Former actress Paulette Goddard and Remarque married in 1958. Goddard died in 1990 and bequeathed $20 million to New York University to fund an institute for European studies, named in his honor. The university's Fales Library houses Remarque's papers.
A new German movie adaptation of All Quiet is now available on Netflix, and us receiving a lot of attention.
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Erich Maria Remarque died in Switzerland on September 25, 1970 at age 72.
Poison gas was used for the first time in April 1915 at the second Battle of Ypres. As the battle began, the Germans released 170 metric tons of chlorine gas from more than 5,700 cylinders buried in a four-mile line across the front. None of the British soldiers at Ypres had gas masks, resulting in 7,000 injuries and more than 1,100 deaths from chlorine gas asphyxiation. Many of the deaths occurred when panicked victims rushed to drink water for relief from the burning gas, which only made the chemical reaction worse, flooding their throats and lungs with hydrochloric acid. Gas was used a few more times by both sides, but the development of gas masks and the unpredictability of gas - winds could blow the poison back to the side that launched the attack- led to its decline. Geneva conventions in 1925 outlawed the use of gas and chemical weapons.
Erich Maria Remarque died in Switzerland on September 25, 1970 at age 72.
Poison gas was used for the first time in April 1915 at the second Battle of Ypres. As the battle began, the Germans released 170 metric tons of chlorine gas from more than 5,700 cylinders buried in a four-mile line across the front. None of the British soldiers at Ypres had gas masks, resulting in 7,000 injuries and more than 1,100 deaths from chlorine gas asphyxiation. Many of the deaths occurred when panicked victims rushed to drink water for relief from the burning gas, which only made the chemical reaction worse, flooding their throats and lungs with hydrochloric acid. Gas was used a few more times by both sides, but the development of gas masks and the unpredictability of gas - winds could blow the poison back to the side that launched the attack- led to its decline. Geneva conventions in 1925 outlawed the use of gas and chemical weapons.
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Hurricane Ian is, at this moment, heading our way. So today's book is Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson, published in 2000, about the hurricane that destroyed Galveston Texas in 1900. It was the greatest natural disaster in American history , and it precipitated major changes in meteorology, government, and the response to natural disasters in this country. Honestly, it is my least favorite Larson book, nonfiction anyway, but that may be because I have near zero interest in meteorology.
The titular Isaac is Isaac Cline, the chief meteors at the Galveston Texas office of the US Weather Bureau from 1889 to 1901. Born in Tennessee in 1861, he joined the meteorology branch of the US Army Signal Corps in 1882, first assigned to Little Rock Arkansas. In his spare time in Arkansas, he earned a Doctor of Medicine degree. When the Weather Bureau opened a Texas section in Galveston, he was sent to direct it. In his spare time - I guess meteorologists have or had lots of spare time - he taught Sunday school, was a medical professor, and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
In 1891, he took the position that building a seawall was unnecessary because the thought of a hurricane hitting Galveston was "a crazy idea." The seawall was never built, largely due to Cline. On September 8, 1900, a hurricane hit Galveston, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people, including Cline's wife.
In his autobiography, Cline claimed that he had realized the power of the storm and personally traveled the beach warning people to evacuate, but no one ever reported witnessing him do that. He did skip the normal chain of command and issued a hurricane warning at noon on September 8. He claimed that action saved thousands of lives. The seawall most likely would have saved lives.
Today, the National Weather Service's highest honor is named the Isaac M. Cline Award.
After retirement from the Weather Service, he devoted his life to art - creating, dealing, and writing about it. He died in New Orleans in 1955 at age 93.
Hurricane Ian is, at this moment, heading our way. So today's book is Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson, published in 2000, about the hurricane that destroyed Galveston Texas in 1900. It was the greatest natural disaster in American history , and it precipitated major changes in meteorology, government, and the response to natural disasters in this country. Honestly, it is my least favorite Larson book, nonfiction anyway, but that may be because I have near zero interest in meteorology.
The titular Isaac is Isaac Cline, the chief meteors at the Galveston Texas office of the US Weather Bureau from 1889 to 1901. Born in Tennessee in 1861, he joined the meteorology branch of the US Army Signal Corps in 1882, first assigned to Little Rock Arkansas. In his spare time in Arkansas, he earned a Doctor of Medicine degree. When the Weather Bureau opened a Texas section in Galveston, he was sent to direct it. In his spare time - I guess meteorologists have or had lots of spare time - he taught Sunday school, was a medical professor, and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
In 1891, he took the position that building a seawall was unnecessary because the thought of a hurricane hitting Galveston was "a crazy idea." The seawall was never built, largely due to Cline. On September 8, 1900, a hurricane hit Galveston, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people, including Cline's wife.
In his autobiography, Cline claimed that he had realized the power of the storm and personally traveled the beach warning people to evacuate, but no one ever reported witnessing him do that. He did skip the normal chain of command and issued a hurricane warning at noon on September 8. He claimed that action saved thousands of lives. The seawall most likely would have saved lives.
Today, the National Weather Service's highest honor is named the Isaac M. Cline Award.
After retirement from the Weather Service, he devoted his life to art - creating, dealing, and writing about it. He died in New Orleans in 1955 at age 93.
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Hurricane Ian is, at this moment, heading our way. So today's book is Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson, published in 2000, about the hurricane that destroyed Galveston Texas in 1900. It was the greatest natural disaster in American history, and it precipitated major changes in meteorology, government, and the response to natural disasters in this country. Honestly, it is my least favorite Larson book, nonfiction anyway, but that may be because I have near zero interest in meteorology.
From Wikipedia:
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, was the deadliest natural disaster in United States history and the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane, only behind Hurricane Mitch overall. The hurricane left between 6,000 and 12,000 fatalities in the United States; the number most cited in official reports is 8,000. Most of these deaths occurred in and near Galveston, Texas, after the storm surge inundated the coastline and the island city with 8 to 12 ft (2.4 to 3.7 m) of water. In addition to the number killed, the storm destroyed about 7,000 buildings of all uses in Galveston, which included 3,636 demolished homes; every dwelling in the city suffered some degree of damage. The hurricane left approximately 10,000 people in the city homeless, out of a total population of fewer than 38,000. The disaster ended the Golden Era of Galveston, as the hurricane alarmed potential investors, who turned to Houston instead. In response to the storm, three engineers designed and oversaw plans to raise the Gulf of Mexico shoreline of Galveston Island by 17 ft (5.2 m) and erect a 10 mi (16 km) seawall.
Hurricane Ian is, at this moment, heading our way. So today's book is Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson, published in 2000, about the hurricane that destroyed Galveston Texas in 1900. It was the greatest natural disaster in American history, and it precipitated major changes in meteorology, government, and the response to natural disasters in this country. Honestly, it is my least favorite Larson book, nonfiction anyway, but that may be because I have near zero interest in meteorology.
From Wikipedia:
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, was the deadliest natural disaster in United States history and the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane, only behind Hurricane Mitch overall. The hurricane left between 6,000 and 12,000 fatalities in the United States; the number most cited in official reports is 8,000. Most of these deaths occurred in and near Galveston, Texas, after the storm surge inundated the coastline and the island city with 8 to 12 ft (2.4 to 3.7 m) of water. In addition to the number killed, the storm destroyed about 7,000 buildings of all uses in Galveston, which included 3,636 demolished homes; every dwelling in the city suffered some degree of damage. The hurricane left approximately 10,000 people in the city homeless, out of a total population of fewer than 38,000. The disaster ended the Golden Era of Galveston, as the hurricane alarmed potential investors, who turned to Houston instead. In response to the storm, three engineers designed and oversaw plans to raise the Gulf of Mexico shoreline of Galveston Island by 17 ft (5.2 m) and erect a 10 mi (16 km) seawall.
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Hurricane Ian is, at this moment, heading our way. So today's book is Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson, published in 2000, about the hurricane that destroyed Galveston Texas in 1900. It was the greatest natural disaster in American history, and it precipitated major changes in meteorology, government, and the response to natural disasters in this country. Honestly, it is my least favorite Larson book, nonfiction anyway, but that may be because I have near zero interest in meteorology.
Galveston was devastated by the hurricane of 1900. There were 6,000 - 12, 000 dead, thousands missing, thousands of families separated. There were bodies trapped under debris for days and weeks precipitating health crises. In 2020 dollars, there was at least $1 billion in damages. The local government was overwhelmed. Galveston decided to try a new form of government that was touted by Progressives, called the Commission system or the Galveston Plan.
Under this system, the locality is divided into districts, each represented by a commissioner. Each commissioner has specific duties and responsibilities. The idea is to increase government efficiency and to distribute power, weakening the political machine's power. Many major cities were run by unelected political bosses who used favors and intimidation to control the city. A commission system puts more power in the hands of elected commissioners. Many municipalities and counties followed Galveston's lead.
In the late 20th century, commission systems were often replaced by city or county manager systems in which elected officials appoint a professional manager for day to day business.
Hurricane Ian is, at this moment, heading our way. So today's book is Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson, published in 2000, about the hurricane that destroyed Galveston Texas in 1900. It was the greatest natural disaster in American history, and it precipitated major changes in meteorology, government, and the response to natural disasters in this country. Honestly, it is my least favorite Larson book, nonfiction anyway, but that may be because I have near zero interest in meteorology.
Galveston was devastated by the hurricane of 1900. There were 6,000 - 12, 000 dead, thousands missing, thousands of families separated. There were bodies trapped under debris for days and weeks precipitating health crises. In 2020 dollars, there was at least $1 billion in damages. The local government was overwhelmed. Galveston decided to try a new form of government that was touted by Progressives, called the Commission system or the Galveston Plan.
Under this system, the locality is divided into districts, each represented by a commissioner. Each commissioner has specific duties and responsibilities. The idea is to increase government efficiency and to distribute power, weakening the political machine's power. Many major cities were run by unelected political bosses who used favors and intimidation to control the city. A commission system puts more power in the hands of elected commissioners. Many municipalities and counties followed Galveston's lead.
In the late 20th century, commission systems were often replaced by city or county manager systems in which elected officials appoint a professional manager for day to day business.
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published in September 27, 1962. The book called attention to the impacts of indiscriminate use of pesticides, and it led to the growth of the environmentalist movement, the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the banning of DDT. The book appears near the top of almost every list of important and impactful nonfiction or scientific books.
Carson, 1907 to 1964, was born in Pennsylvania and was a budding naturalist as a child. In college, she switched her major from English to biology but continued working on the student newspaper and literary magazine. The Great Depression ended her hopes of earning a doctorate, but she began writing articles and radio copy for the US Bureau of Fisheries. She was the second woman ever hired full time by the Bureau.
In 1951, she published the best selling and award winning book The Sea Around Us.
In the 1940s, she had become concerned by the overuse of pesticides and began working with pioneering organic farmers to collect data and make observations. The US Department of Agriculture and other government agencies, and much of the scientific world, at the time ignored and even attacked any concerns about the safety of pesticides. The chemical industry mounted a huge opposition to the books publication and claims, attacking her work and her, personally. A former Secretary of Agriculture write a letter to former Pres. Eisenhower in which he said the fact that Carson was unmarried, although attractive, meant she was "probably a communist." Throughout the uproar, she stood firm despite the fact she was dealing with metastasized breast cancer and the accompanying treatments.
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published in September 27, 1962. The book called attention to the impacts of indiscriminate use of pesticides, and it led to the growth of the environmentalist movement, the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the banning of DDT. The book appears near the top of almost every list of important and impactful nonfiction or scientific books.
Carson, 1907 to 1964, was born in Pennsylvania and was a budding naturalist as a child. In college, she switched her major from English to biology but continued working on the student newspaper and literary magazine. The Great Depression ended her hopes of earning a doctorate, but she began writing articles and radio copy for the US Bureau of Fisheries. She was the second woman ever hired full time by the Bureau.
In 1951, she published the best selling and award winning book The Sea Around Us.
In the 1940s, she had become concerned by the overuse of pesticides and began working with pioneering organic farmers to collect data and make observations. The US Department of Agriculture and other government agencies, and much of the scientific world, at the time ignored and even attacked any concerns about the safety of pesticides. The chemical industry mounted a huge opposition to the books publication and claims, attacking her work and her, personally. A former Secretary of Agriculture write a letter to former Pres. Eisenhower in which he said the fact that Carson was unmarried, although attractive, meant she was "probably a communist." Throughout the uproar, she stood firm despite the fact she was dealing with metastasized breast cancer and the accompanying treatments.
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published in September 27, 1962. The book called attention to the impacts of indiscriminate use of pesticides, and it led to the growth of the environmentalist movement, the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the banning of DDT. The book appears near the top of almost every list of important and impactful nonfiction or scientific books. Carson died in 1964 after a long battle with breast cancer.
In 1973, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. The National Women's Hall of Fame (NWHF) is an American institution created in 1969 by a group of men and women in Seneca Falls New York. Nine women were just inducted a few days ago, bringing the number of honorees to just over 300. The newest inductees are:
Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama
Soccer icon Mia Hamm
Former Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi
Feminist artist Judy Chicago
Former U.S. Army General Rebecca Halstead
Science fiction author Octavia Butler
Poet Joy Harjo
Educator Emily Howland
Former NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published in September 27, 1962. The book called attention to the impacts of indiscriminate use of pesticides, and it led to the growth of the environmentalist movement, the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the banning of DDT. The book appears near the top of almost every list of important and impactful nonfiction or scientific books. Carson died in 1964 after a long battle with breast cancer.
In 1973, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. The National Women's Hall of Fame (NWHF) is an American institution created in 1969 by a group of men and women in Seneca Falls New York. Nine women were just inducted a few days ago, bringing the number of honorees to just over 300. The newest inductees are:
Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama
Soccer icon Mia Hamm
Former Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi
Feminist artist Judy Chicago
Former U.S. Army General Rebecca Halstead
Science fiction author Octavia Butler
Poet Joy Harjo
Educator Emily Howland
Former NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson
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Rachel Carson published Silent Spring on September 27, 1962. The biologist cited evidence that indiscriminate use of pesticides, like DDT, had led to many deleterious effects on the environment. Chemical companies, government agencies, and scientists supported the use of pesticides because of the higher crop yields and decrease in illnesses caused by insect vectors especially mosquitoes. Carson never pushed for outright bans, but called for minimal use, noting that widespread use not only affected other living organisms, including humans, but also caused pests to develop immunities to the pesticides.
From Wikipedia:
"Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochloride. Originally developed as an insecticide, it became infamous for its environmental impacts. DDT was first synthesized in 1874 by the Austrian chemist Othmar Zeidler. DDT's insecticidal action was discovered by the Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller in 1939. DDT was used in the second half of World War II to limit the spread of the insect-borne diseases malaria and typhus among civilians and troops. Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948 "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods"."
As a result of Carson's work and later studies, DDT was banned in the US and most countries, but it is still used under strict guidelines in certain areas.
Rachel Carson published Silent Spring on September 27, 1962. The biologist cited evidence that indiscriminate use of pesticides, like DDT, had led to many deleterious effects on the environment. Chemical companies, government agencies, and scientists supported the use of pesticides because of the higher crop yields and decrease in illnesses caused by insect vectors especially mosquitoes. Carson never pushed for outright bans, but called for minimal use, noting that widespread use not only affected other living organisms, including humans, but also caused pests to develop immunities to the pesticides.
From Wikipedia:
"Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochloride. Originally developed as an insecticide, it became infamous for its environmental impacts. DDT was first synthesized in 1874 by the Austrian chemist Othmar Zeidler. DDT's insecticidal action was discovered by the Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller in 1939. DDT was used in the second half of World War II to limit the spread of the insect-borne diseases malaria and typhus among civilians and troops. Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948 "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods"."
As a result of Carson's work and later studies, DDT was banned in the US and most countries, but it is still used under strict guidelines in certain areas.
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