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Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler, born in April 20th 1889, was Austrian born, but became a German politician and is known for being part of Germany. Being a veteran of WWI, he joined the Nazi party and soon became its leader. Then, in 1933, Hitler was appointed the German Chancellor. He then used this influence to create the Third Reich, a single dictatorship based on nationalism. He then used his new found power and control, he used it to carry out his view of a perfect society. He believed in a perfect, Aryan race. Blond hair, blue eyes. He believed that anyone to not have these traits is a lesser person and blamed the minorities for WWI. He then used his powers, as well as the power of propaganda to try to exterminate the minorities such as Jews, gays, disabled, gypsies, etc. This all began in the late 1930's, beginning with the burning of unapproved books, and all of this will eventually lead to WWII.

Christoper Columbus 12/3/09

Christopher Columbus was a Spanish explorer. He wanted to find a faster route to Asia, so he tried to sail west. His theory behind this was that Spain was only 4000 kilometers from Asia. But he did not realize that the Americas were in between the two of them. His first expedition was in the year 1451, where he landed in the Caribbeans. When he arrived there, he was sure that he was in India, so he named the Native Americans that were there Indians. Even though the Indians were kind and friendly to him, he enslaved them and made them give him all of their gold, or they would be killed. He was then arrested for his cruelty by Spain, but was let out by the king and queen of Spain. The gave him funding for three more explorations. His final exploration before he returned permanently to Spain was in 1504.