NOCTILUCA October 2016

Major General in the Royal Lao Army, General Vang Pao was the undoubted leader to the Hmong peo- ple, like his father, General Vang Pao, who led a secret group of ¿ ghters. This secret army fought against communist Vietnam under Vang Pao, then immigrated to the United States after communists took control of Laos in 1975.

Albert Einstein has been made famous for his many contributions to science. He discovered the famous formula E=mc 2 . His theo- ries and intellectual prowess paved the way for modern day physics.

Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for his famous “I Have a Dream” speech delivered to nearly 250,000 people in 1963. In his life- time he was a civil rights activist, using nonviolent civil disobedience to make his argument.

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In addition to Rigoberta Menchu’s extensive activ- ism, she founded two sepa- rate Guatemalan political parties and ran for presi- dent in 2007 and 2011. She has earned several prizes for her activism including a Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.

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“Barack Obama, because he has proved that we can.”

“Alexander Ham- ilton, because he never stopped doing what he loved for what he believed in.”

Chief Joseph, or Hinmatóowyalahtq ࡑ it, was the leader of the Native American Nez Perce tribe. He was re- sponsible for leading his people to safety amongst violent out- breaks and tension between themselves and the American government after they were forced out of their homeland in 1877.

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“Rosalind Franklin because it takes a lot of courage to work in the science ¿ eld especially as a woman in the 1960s.”

“Abraham Lincoln, because he led America to start making African Americans equal.”

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William Shakespeare is a fa- mous 16th Century playwright who is responsible for countless widely beloved works like “Ro- meo and Juliet,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Hamlet,” “The Tempest” and “Julius Caesar.” He was a member of the acting company, the Lord Chamber- lain’s Men, which he wrote most of his plays for.

After nine years of construction, the Statue of Liberty was ready to be mounted in 1886. Given to the U.S. by France, Lady Liberty has been the symbol of the US and its freedom. It has drawn people from all over the world for generations. The torch rep- resents the cornerstone of our democracy, freedom and the en- lightenment toward its path.

Mother Teresa dedicated much of her life to charitable work done through the Catholic Church. In 1950, she started the Missionaries of Charity, a group that provided health, education and basic services to anyone who could not afford them otherwise. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and was recognized as a Saint in September of this year.

Louis Armstrong was a jazz trumpeter and composer through many decades of jazz culture. Popular songs include, “It’s a Wonderful World” and “La Vie en Rose”. Louis Armstrong is known today as one of the most in À uential people in the history of jazz.