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Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on the Austrian-Hungary border in April 20th, 1889. Hitler left school at the age of 16, and struggled to live as a painter. This was where Hitler gained his racial and political ideas. Hitler later joined the Austrian military, but was rejected for being seen as too unfit to hold a gun. When WWI broke out, Hitler volunteered for the German army instead of the Austrian army, in which Hitler despised. Hitler particularly enjoyed war, and volunteered himself to his superiors for dangerous missions, though Hitler calculated out his actions first. Most of his comrades described Hitler to be enigmatic, as he would sometimes suddenly burst into speech about how the Marxists and Jews were stopping the war he loved so much. In the WWI, Hitler won five medals for courage and boldness, but only managed to reach the rank of corporal. In 1923, after seeing the Bolshevik revolutions and the ties the Jews had with socialist parties, Hitler staged an unsuccessful arms revolt with his Nazi party in Munich. Hitler was imprisoned for nine months, but upon his release, began spreading his ideas in backing his violence and why he did such things. In 1933, Hitler became the chancellor of Germany and immediately began enacting anti-Jewish laws. He joined with Italy and Japan to create the Axis powers. Hitler initiated WWII by invading Poland in 1939. Hitler was successful on this mission, and continued to ravage through Europe until 1945, where the Nazi troops were finally subdued and stripped of power. Hitler committed suicide on the day the war ended in his own bunker.

Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese navigator and explorer who was the first to reach the Indian Ocean. He was born into a noble family and his father, Estavao, was an explorer as well. Vasco da Gama left Lisbon, Portugal, on July 8th, 1497 with four ships and sailed to reach the Indian Ocean. The four ships were the Sao Gabriel, the Sao Rafael, and the Berrio, and a store ship. The ships sailed around the Cape of Good Hope on November 22nd but the store ship broke upon venturing around East Africa and reached Mozambique on March 2nd of the next year. Da Gama next crossed the Indian Ocean in 23 days, and eventually reached Calicut with the help of the Indian pilot, Ibn Majid. Afterwards, da Gama returned to Portugal but on the way, a good amount of his crew died from scurvy because it took them another three months to recross the Indian Ocean. His success led to more explorations by other Portuguese explorers.

Giorgione da Castelfranco - Pastoral Symphony

This painting, The [|Pastoral Symphony], created around [|1508], is one of Giorgione's greatest masterpieces. It currently resides in the [|Louvre], along with some of his oyher great works. This portrait is somewhat of a [|mystery], with the man completely clothed but the woman and baby nude. There is no explanation to this, as Giorgione died without leaving a hint. The painting, however, is drawn with incredibul blends of color, and there is perspective, too. Also, unlike the artwork before the [|Renaissaince], this painting does not center on religion.