The attack on Pearl Harbor led to the construction of Tripler Army Medical Center. For four years following the 1941 attack, the patient population at Tripler General Hospital at Fort Shafter remained at approximately 2,000. Today, Tripler Army Medical Center is the only federal tertiary care hospital in the Pacific…
Thomas Mifflin (January 10, 1744 – January 20, 1800) was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in a variety of roles during and after the American Revolution, several of which qualify him to be counted among the Founding Fathers. Thomas Mifflin was born in Philadelphia,…
By the time Tris Speaker turned 22, he was already one of the best center fielders in the game, a player highly regarded for both his work at the plate and in the field. A Texas native, Speaker began his career with the Red Sox, where he had one of…
Thomas Paine was an England-born political philosopher and writer who supported revolutionary causes in America and Europe. Published in 1776 to international acclaim, “Common Sense” was the first pamphlet to advocate American independence. Common Sense (1776) Paine has a claim to the title The Father of the American Revolution, which…
Because of its retrograde orbit and composition similar to Pluto, Triton is thought to have been a dwarf planet, captured from the Kuiper belt. Triton has very similar characteristics to a dwarf planet, such as Pluto which leads scientist to believe, along with its odd orbit, that Triton was a…
Tiberius, in full Tiberius Caesar Augustus or Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, original name Tiberius Claudius Nero (born November 16, 42 bce—died March 16, 37 ce, Capreae [Capri], near Naples), second Roman emperor (14–37 ce), the adopted son of Augustus, whose imperial institutions and imperial boundaries he sought to preserve. Tiberius…
Lev Davidovich Bronstein (7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1879 – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky (/ˈtrɒtski/), was a Russian-Ukrainian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist and politician. Ideologically a communist, he developed a variant of Marxism which has become known as Trotskyism. Why did Trotsky want a permanent revolution?…
By the mid-1950s, Tin Pan Alley was prepared for rock and roll. “Country” music is a regional style that is associated with the Southeast and Appalachia. At the end of the nineteenth century, many Americans could play the piano and read music. Tin Pan Alley. Back to History > Musical…
Tupac Shakur died on September 13, 1996, six days after an unknown gunman in a white Cadillac shot him four times in the chest at a stoplight in Las Vegas. In 1986, the family moved from New York to Baltimore, Maryland. After completing his second year at Paul Laurence Dunbar…
In addition to his excellent changeup and well-controlled fastball, Glavine had a plus- curve ball, a slider, and a tailing two-seam fastball. Despite being a left-handed pitcher, Glavine was often more effective against right-handed batters. Glavine is proud of his two Cy Young Awards, but he will also make sure…