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Political and religious leader born tibet Qinghai china
Dalai Lama
1 of 7 kids born to peasant in horsetrading family
Dalai Lama
When he was two it was determined that he was reincarnation of their great religious leader
Dalai Lama
Left his family at six to live in a monastery in tibet and became his peoples religious and political leader
Dalai Lama
at 15 he had to flee tibet when China invaded has been living in India since but it still seem as leader tibet
Dalai Lama
revolutionary leader and politician born tikrit Iraq
Saddam Hussein
set a law in bang dad before joining the revolutionary ba'ath part
Saddam Hussein
fled to Egypt after plan to assassinate Iraq's leader failed sent to jail upon his return to Iraq 1964 escape 1967
Saddam Hussein
elected president in 1979 establish the secular government no sharia law
Saddam Hussein
committed many atrocities against ethnic minorities invaded Kuwait in 1990 gave up power in 2003 captured and found guilty of crimes against humanity and hanged in 2006
Saddam Hussein
pioneer and athlete born Georgia USA
Jackie Robinson
Group up in poverty was a star high school athlete after family moved to Pasadena Canada
Jackie Robinson
at UCLA first athlete to play 4 different varsity teams baseball football basketball track
Jackie Robinson
after serving in World War II played baseball in professional Negro leagues
Jackie Robinson
First African-American player in major leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 mup in 1949 won World Series in 55 and all MBL teams retired his number 42 in 1997
Jackie Robinson
politician author scientist diplomat born Boston USA
Ben Franklin
at 17 ran away to Philadelphia worked at a printing press and eventually bought the company
Ben Franklin
A major figure of the American revolution considered a founding father
Ben Franklin
invented the lightning rod bifocal glasses and a type of stove created the first library in America
Ben Franklin
served as the governor of Pennsylvania in the ambassador to France
Ben Franklin
writer born in Frankfurt Germany
Anne Frank
Family fled from Germany to Holland the rise of Hitler and Nazis
Anne Frank
Family went into hiding in Amsterdam after the Nazis occupied Holland 1940
Anne Frank
well in hiding wrote a book about her situation which became best seller
Anne Frank
and informer tipped off police of her family's location they were arrested and sent to concentration camp where she died
Anne Frank
athlete born Alabama USA
Jesse Owens
seventh of 11 children parents moved to Ohio to escape segregation when he was nine
Jesse Owens
attended Ohio Saint University won 8 NCAA championships Nicknamed Buckeye bullet
Jesse Owens
Represented the USA at 1936 Olympics in Berlin Germany Hitler's game won four gold medals defeated the German champions in the hundred metre final insult to hitler's theory of Aryan supremacy
Jesse Owens
Given athletic shoes by German Adi Dassler first sponsorship for African-American athlete
Jesse Owens
Politician and diplomat born Ghana
Kofi Annan
Born into an elite family both grandfathers were chiefs
Kofi Annan
received a grant from Ford to study US received masters degree from Geneva Switzerland fluent in nine languages
Kofi Annan
in 1962 began working for the UN directed UN peacekeeping missions in Rwanda 1994
Kofi Annan
chose to be the seventh secretary general of the UN 1997 held position until 1906 and Nobel peace prize 2001
Kofi Annan
actor and politician born Illinois USA
Ronald Reagan
left the Midwest for LA to pursue his career as a broadcaster but got into acting starring in over 50 films
Ronald Reagan
originally a member of the Democratic Party joined the Republican Party 1962 elected governor of California in 1967
Ronald Reagan
becomes the 40th president of US in 1980 and his tough stand turns the US economy around
Ronald Reagan
survived the assassination attempt to work with Soviet president to the end of the Cold War
Ronald Reagan