Have you ever wondered who created Microsoft? Who let you use this brilliant program? Well, William Henry Bill Gates is the person. Bill Gates was born on October28, 1955.His parents names were William Henry Gates, and Mary Maxwell. He was the fourth Bill Gates in his family, but nobody called him Bill Gates the IV. They called him Trey because his father had lost his III in his name. Bill entered Lakeside private school .His favorite foods were Cherry coke and cheese. In his high school he got good grades and went to Harvard University. There he met his friend Paul Allen. One day, Paul excitedly showed him the latest edition of Popular Electronics. It featured the Altair. They excitedly reprogrammed it, getting a head start on electronic devices. After they left Harvard University, they used an abandoned office downtown. After 5 years of hard work, they developed Microsoft. Also with the experience from reprogramming the Altair, they created the first microcomputer in the world. Bill worked, argued, and thought. He did whatever he could to prevent Microsoft from shutting down. There were many companies that wanted to destroy Microsoft. After he drove away all of his enemies, he continued his philanthropy (It means wanting to help others) On January 1, 1994 Bill Gates married Melinda French. They had 3children. Jennifer Katherine Gates, who was born 1996, Phoebe Alede Gates, who was born 2002, and Rory John Gates who was born 1999.They live in a estate that costs more than 125 million dollars. Inside there is the Coder Leicester, a collection of Leonardo Da Vinci drawings. In 2000 Bill and Melinda established the Bill&Melinda Foundation .Right now he has 88.82 billion dollars. Bill Gates is a rich, nice, and generous man.
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Friday, January 21, 2011
MAG 2 Famous People
Have you ever wondered who created Microsoft? Who let you use this brilliant program? Well, William Henry Bill Gates is the person. Bill Gates was born on October28, 1955.His parents names were William Henry Gates, and Mary Maxwell. He was the fourth Bill Gates in his family, but nobody called him Bill Gates the IV. They called him Trey because his father had lost his III in his name. Bill entered Lakeside private school .His favorite foods were Cherry coke and cheese. In his high school he got good grades and went to Harvard University. There he met his friend Paul Allen. One day, Paul excitedly showed him the latest edition of Popular Electronics. It featured the Altair. They excitedly reprogrammed it, getting a head start on electronic devices. After they left Harvard University, they used an abandoned office downtown. After 5 years of hard work, they developed Microsoft. Also with the experience from reprogramming the Altair, they created the first microcomputer in the world. Bill worked, argued, and thought. He did whatever he could to prevent Microsoft from shutting down. There were many companies that wanted to destroy Microsoft. After he drove away all of his enemies, he continued his philanthropy (It means wanting to help others) On January 1, 1994 Bill Gates married Melinda French. They had 3children. Jennifer Katherine Gates, who was born 1996, Phoebe Alede Gates, who was born 2002, and Rory John Gates who was born 1999.They live in a estate that costs more than 125 million dollars. Inside there is the Coder Leicester, a collection of Leonardo Da Vinci drawings. In 2000 Bill and Melinda established the Bill&Melinda Foundation .Right now he has 88.82 billion dollars. Bill Gates is a rich, nice, and generous man.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was born on August 29th, 1958.He was born in Gary, Indiana, US. His parents were Katheeine Esther, and Joseph Wetler. His hobbies were water balloon fights and climbing trees. He formed a family band and did it through the Midwest. He got 26 American Music Awards and got 40 of the Billboard Awards. He was also known as the King of pop. People called Michael Jackson the King of PoP because he was good at dancing and singing. He made 10 songs, now that is the 10 top songs. One of them is called Thriller. He married Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, in 1994. Michael also got a diease. He wore a gold-plated military style jacket with belt in the Bad era. He also went at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Michael died in his bed at his rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive. Then it was June 25, 2009. After Jackson had died, news about Michael’s death was sad. His daughter and fans were sad. His star is on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was very famous. He was aged 50 when he died. Michael once went to the white house. I think Michael Jackson was the greatest person I ever heard of in the pop singer history with his songs and dances.
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Barack Obama
Reported by: Jenny KimBarack Obama was born on August 4th 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii . Barack Obama never knew that he would be the president someday. Barack Obama’s parent’s names were Barack Obama Sr. and Stanely Ann Obama. Barack Obama was elected in November of 2008.
He started working as the President of the United States on January 20, 2009. President Obama is U.S.A’s 44th Presdient. Barack Obama’s hobbies are playing basketball. President Obama went to Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He was awarded many Awards and prizes such as, Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. I think Barack Obama is the all times best African American President in the history of the President’s sit.
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Helen Keller was born on June 26, 1880, Alabama, U.S.A. Athur H. Keller, and
Kate Adam Keller borned Helen. One night, when the Keller family was asleep,
Helen felt sick. Her head was like hot fire. Helen’s mom and dad called the doctor
quickly. Then the doctor said, “Helen can’t see, speak, or hear anything from now
on.” When Helen was 5 years old, at the end of Athur H. Keller, and Kate Adam
Keller’s thought, they wrote a letter to a school. Then, the answer came, a teacher
named Anne Sullivan was coming to Helen’s house. Sullivan worked hard for Helen,
at the end of Sullivan’s hard work and teaching, Helen got into a collage that normal
people can’t go without hard studying. Helen got into Radcliff Collage. Her talent was
reading 5 languages When she was an adult and a grown up, she got the Medal of
Freedom. Then she died at June 1. She was only 87 that day. Helen Keller was a
great person.
Friday, January 7, 2011
MAG 2 Famous People
Jackie Robinson
Reported by: Kelvin Park MAG 2
Do you know who is Jackie Robinson?He was a famous and a great baseball player long a go. When I was little I thought that Jackie Robinson was so famous that he had a lots of money and was the most famous person in the world.
Finally Jackie Robinson and I are little similar that my hobby is doing all the sports exept baseball that Jackie Robinson likes the best. he is a fantastic baseball player I ever thought.
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Barbara Park
Reported by: Ashley Jung
Did you ever have a favorite author? Well I do! I’m going to tell you all about her.
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Babe Ruth
Reported by. George Choi MAG2
Babe Ruth was the famous baseball player in USA. He was born on Febuary 6, 1895 Baltimore Maryland. Babe Ruth had German-American parents, Kate Schambuger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth. Not much is known about Ruth`s early childhood.
When he was seven years old, his father sent him to St. Mary`s Industrial school for boys. Then, after he grew up, he entered the Boston Red Sox team in the years 1914-1919. Next, he joined the New York Yankees in the years 1920-1934. Babe Ruth performed a higher level during 1926 and he retired in the Boston Braves team in 1935. He died in New York on August 16, 1948.
He got the all star selection twice and world series champion seven times. His career was very nice as well. For example, the batting average 0.342, home runs were 714 and hits were 2,873. So, he is known as the best baseball player in USA.
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