Every Biographies of Famous People

                                                           biography of  Miyamoto Musashi  Miyamoto Musashi was the greatest swordsmanto ever come out a nation of great swordsmen - Japan. His story, which has become the basis forcountless flying swordsman Oriental movies, is one of raw courage, unbridled ambitionand unparalleled mindfulness. In one on one combat he defeated 60 opponents,yet his greatest legacy is his seminal work, the Book of Five Rings, which is still poredover my military tacticians and mindfulness enthusiasts 450 years after it was written. In this week’s Biographics, we reveal theman who was Musashi. BeginningsThere is much uncertainty over the details and dates pertaining to the life of Musashi. What follows is based primarily on his ownaccount as recorded in The Book of Five Rings. Miyamoto Musashi w...

                                                                                                                  Lee Harvey Oswald                                       Biography of Lee Harvey Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald – the Man who Killed aPresident On November 22, 1963, 24 year old Lee HarveyOswald fired the shot that would change history. As crowds cheered on Dealey Plaza, the formerMarine sharpshooter put a bullet through the head of America’s telegenic young President. It was the first successful assassinationof a US president in 62 years. But Oswald didn’t live long enough to celebratehis grim ...

 Spartacus:                               The Slave Who Made Rome TrembleAccording to legend, Spartacus’s wife walked in on her sleeping husband one night to findthat a snake had wrapped itself around his face. Instead of being alarmed, she took this asa prophecy. Just like the serpent surrounded itself aroundthe warrior’s head, so shall Spartacus be enveloped by a “great and fearful power”. One thing the woman could not see, however,was if this power would lead her husband to glory or disaster. In the end, you will have to decide for yourselfwhat the outcome was. Spartacus might have lost the war, sure, butnot before making the all-powerful Roman Republic tremble at his feet. At a time when the might of Rome was continuouslyexpanding all over the Mediterranean, a mere slave led an uprising the likes of which theworld had never seen. He defeated wave after wave of Roman armiesand looked, for a while ...

                                                                        Joaquin Murrieta: The Real Zorro Nearly everyone has grown up hearing the storiesof the masked vigilante named Zorro. He was dressed all in black, and fought witha sword to defeat his enemies. Instead of superpowers, he used his wits andstrength to take down the bad guys. He took from the rich to give to the poor,just like Robin Hood. This is a fictional character, of course,but Zorro was inspired by the real Mexican-American man named Joaquin Murrieta.  we are going touncover the life and the legend of this bandit who became a hero. Spanish-Occupied CaliforniaBefore we get into the meat of Joaquin Murrieta’s life story, it helps to know a bit of a backgroundon the history of California, and the political situation at the time....

 Charles Kingsford Smith: . ..  During the late 19th century, a German mannamed Otto Lilienthal achieved some of the first successful, repeated flights using gliders. Regrettably, he suffered a crash on August9, 1896, and died the next day. Reportedly, his last words were "Sacrificesmust be made!" This was a mentality shared by all the pioneersof flight. During the inception of aviation, there werefew professions out there more dangerous. A quick look at all the pilots from the firstdecades of flight and you will find very few of them who got to see retirement after along and successful career. If you'll pardon the cliché, these men andwomen were made of sterner stuff than the rest. One of these daredevils was Australian CharlesKingsford Smith. He discovered his passion for flying duringWorld War I and, for the rest of his life, always looked for new opportunities to soarthrough the skies. In the process, he set a number of world firstssuch as the first trans-Pacific ...