John Schofield was a Union general in the American Civil War. He was born in 1831 in Ohio. He graduated from the United States Military Acadamy in 1853. He fought mostly in the Western Theater of the Civil War. After the war, he was Secretary of War from June 1868 to March 1869. He was the commanding general of the U.S. army from 1888 to 1895, when he retired. He died in 1905.
Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was a military campaign during the American Civil War. It happened in 1865 in Virginia. At the start of the campaign from March 30–April 1, 1865, Union general U.S. Grant captured Petersburg, Virginia. Confederate general Robert E. Lee tried to get the Army of Northern Virginia moved to North Carolina, so he could fight along with other Confederate soldiers. But Grant surrounded Lee's army at Appomattox Courthouse and forced Lee to surrender. After Lee's surrender, other Confederate armies started to surrender too.
Military campaign
A military campaign is a series of battles in a particular area within a certain period of time. Usually, one army is trying to capture the area from another army. A war may have several campaigns.
The Free Lance–Star
The Free Lance–Star is a newspaper based in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The newspaper is published daily and serves many counties surrounding Fredericksburg.
"The Free Lance" was first published on January 27, 1885. In 1900, the "Free Lance" operation merged with its competitor, "The Fredericksburg Daily Star". The two merged newspapers changed the name to "The Free Lance–Star".
Chewbacca
Chewbacca is a fictional character in "Star Wars". Chewbacca is portrayed by Peter Mayhew. Chewbacca is a Wookiee, a fictional species of bipeds in the "Star Wars" universe.
Utatsusaurus
Utatsusaurus is the earliest-known form of an ichthyopterygian. It lived in the earliest Lower Triassic period, about 250245 millions years ago. It is nearly 3m (about 9 feet) long with a slender body.
The name "Utatsusaurus" was given after the city Utatsu-cho where the first specimen was found. The fossils have been found in the Lower Triassic of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan and British Columbia, Canada.
"Utatsusaurus" is one of the most primitive (basal) types of ichthyosaur. It has transitional features between its ancestral land-dwelling forms and the more derived ichthyosaurs. Unlike the more advanced ichthyosaurs, "Utatsusaurus" has no dorsal fin and has a broad skull. The snout gently tapers, compared to the more rounded one of more derived ichthyopterygians. The tail had a long low fin, quite different from the tail shape of later forms. This suggests that the animal swam by undulation, waving its body to & fro, rather than using its paddles and tail.
The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami destroyed the local museum, but fortunately the specimens were not there at the time.
Fried egg
A fried egg is a hen egg fried as food.
Paco Peña
Paco Peña (born 1 June 1942) is a Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist. He is regarded as one of the world's foremost traditional Flamenco players.
Born in Córdoba, Spain as Francisco Peña Pérez, Paco Peña began learning to play the guitar from his brother at age 6 and made his first professional appearance at 12. Encouraged by his family, he left home and began performing throughout Spain as part of a government-sponsored folk music and dance program. This led to calls from professional Flamenco companies in Madrid and the Costa Brava, where Peña established himself as a highly regarded accompanist to Flamenco dance and singing.
Seeking a new challenge, he moved to London he become a soloist in the late 1960s. Initially the star attraction in the Restaurante Antonio in Covent Garden, Peña got so much interest that he soon found himself sharing concerts with stars. He made his solo debut at Wigmore Hall in 1967. It was not long before Peña was touring the world, both as a soloist and an accompanist with performances at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Royal Albert Hall in London and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
He founded the world's first university course on flamenco guitar, at the Rotterdam conservatory of music. In 1984 Peña was interviewed by Julian Bream for the Channel 4 television series "Guitarra!" which traces the development of the guitar in Spain.
Gerard Mortier
Gerard Alfons August, Baron Mortier (25 November 1943 – 8 March 2014) was a Belgian opera director and administrator. He was the general director of La Monnaie/De Munt (1981–91) and of the Salzburg Festival of Salzburg, Austria (1990–2001). He was born in Ghent and was Flemish.
Mortier died from pancreatic cancer on 8 March 2014 in Brussels. He was 70 years old.
Richard Phillips
Richard Phillips (born May 16, 1955) is a American merchant mariner and author. He served as captain of the MV "Maersk Alabama" during its hijacking by Somali pirates in April 2009. He was played by Tom Hanks in the 2013 movie "Captain Phillips.
Phillips was born in Winchester, Massachusetts. He was raised in Vermont.
Maersk Alabama hijacking
The "Maersk Alabama" hijacking it was a hijacking of the "Maersk Alabama" sea ship in 2009. It was hijacked by four pirates in the Indian Ocean. It was southeast of Eyl, Somalia. The four pirates soon took its captain, Richard Phillips, as hostage on the "Maersk Alabama's" lifeboat.
The hijacking ended after a rescue effort by the U.S. Navy on 12 April 2009, by shooting three of the four pirates. The leader of the attack was in the USS "Bainbridge" looking for a ransom agreement. He was arrested on site. The pirates wanted a ransom of 10 million dollars. Only three people died (all were the hijackers) during the attack.
The book "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea" (2010) by Stephan Talty and Captain Richard Phillips was published soon afterwards. The hijacking also inspired the 2013 movie "Captain Phillips" starring Tom Hanks.
The leader of the attack, Abduwali Muse, is currently serving time in prison in Indiana.
Brentwood, Essex
Brentwood is a wealthy town in Brentwood borough in Essex. About 75,000 people live in the town. It is just outside London.
William Guarnere
William J. "Wild Bill" Guarnere (April 28, 1923 – March 8, 2014) was an American World War II veteran and author. He was known for being played in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers". He fought during the Battle of Normandy and at the Battle of the Bulge. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Guarnere died on March 8, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from natural causes, aged 90.
Lauro Cavazos
Lauro Fred Cavazos Jr. (born January 4, 1927) is an American politician. He served as Secretary of Education from 1988 to 1990. He was the first Hispanic to serve in the United States Cabinet.
Cavazos was born in Kingsville, Texas. He is of Mexican descent.
William Bennett
William John "Bill" Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American politician. He was the third United States Secretary of Education. He was in Ronald Reagan's cabinet. He served from February 1985 through September 1988. From 1989 to 1990, he served as the first Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Bennett was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Williams College, at the University of Texas-Austin, and at Harvard Law School. Bennett is addicted to gambling.
Terrel Bell
Terrel Howard Bell (November 11, 1921 – June 22, 1996) was an American politician. He was the second United States Secretary of Education. He was in the Ronald Reagan cabinet. He served from January 1981 through January 1985.
Bell was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied at Southern Idaho College of Education. Bell died in Salt Lake City from pulmonary fibrosis, aged 74.
James B. Edwards