GREATEST PEOPLE
LISTED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR BITH
The millennium
St. Francis of Assisi
Johannes Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Martin Luther
Galileo
William Shakespeare
Thomas Jefferson
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Albert Einstein
The 20th century
Sigmund Freud
Henry Ford
Mohandas Gandhi
Sir Winston Churchill
Pablo Picasso
Pope John XXIII
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Margaret Sanger
Mother Teresa
Martin Luther King Jr.
WORST VILLAINS
Genghis Khan
Tamerlane
Vlad the Impaler
Cesare Borgia
Ivan the Terrible
Robespierre
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Idi Amin
Pol Pot
EVENTS
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
— The Crusades
— Signing of the Magna Carta
— The Black Death
— The Renaissance
— Discovery of the Americas
— The Industrial Revolution
— American and French Revolutions
— World War II
— Rise and Fall of Communism
MOST FAMOUS QUOTES
“Here I stand. I can do no other.”
“To be, or not to be: that is the question.”
“I think, therefore I am.”
“All men are created equal.”
“Workers of the world, unite!”
“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
“I have a dream.”
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
WHO SAID IT? From the top: Martin Luther William Shakespeare (Hamlet) Rene Descartes Thomas Jefferson Karl Marx Sir Henry Morton Stanley Franklin D. Roosevelt Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind Martin Luther King, Jr. Neil Armstrong
MEDICAL ADVANCES
LISTED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR DISCOVERY
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Vaccines
+
Anesthesia
+
Hypodermic Needle
+
Antiseptic
+
Aspirin
+
X ray
+
Antibiotics
+ .
Birth control pill
+
Organ transplants
+
Genetic engineering
INVENTIONS
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
Movable type
Telescope/Microscope
Sextant
Telephone
Electric Light
Automobile
Radio/TV
Airplane
Nuclear fission
Computer
DEBUNKED IDEAS
Utopia
Innate racial superiority
Flat earth
Earth as center of the Universe
Alchemy
Communism
Male superiority
Earth was formed in 4004 B.C.
Bloodletting
Divine right of kings
INVENTIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
Air conditioning
Ball-point pen
Contact lenses
Window glass
Screwdriver
Toilet paper
Paper bag
Zipper
Watch
Fork
TIME CAPSULE
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REMOTE CONTROL
CONDOM
GARTH BROOKS CD
9-MM PISTOL
AIR BAG
CASH-MACHINE CARD
INFLATABLE GLOBE
MINERAL WATER FROM ALPS
DISPOSABLE CAMERA
MALCOLM X CAP
POCKET T SHIRT
BAGGY JEANS
SUNSCREEN 15
ROLLERBLADES
PALMTOP COMPUTER
DOLPHIN-SAFE TUNA
BEEPER
8-MM CAMCORDER
ADVIL
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