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RE: Most historically influential person of the 20th ce... - 6/9/2007 8:34:56 AM   
Dtesmoac


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Mahatma Gandi

Non violent oppostion to colonialism could work
Transfer of power to post colonies could create "stable democracy"
Responsible for worlds largest democracy
Which helped to create non aligned states movement
Which helped transfer British diets from Fish and Chips to Chiken tikka
Which will become major factor in 21st Century
Loss of India sealed British Empire Fate and so Britains transfer to European Community, which has shaped (good or bad) europes development,  
Made man size nappies / diapers fashionable (or was that just the film.... !

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RE: Most historically influential person of the 20th ce... - 6/9/2007 9:25:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		Clarence Birdseye. Maybe not 'the' most but for me he is certainly up there.

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RE: Most historically influential person of the 20th ce... - 6/9/2007 1:16:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		I can wrap my head around Birdseye.  He believed, too.  One common rumour (I believe since proven false) is that he was working on flash freezing human bodies when he died.

But Jenny, if you are going for "quirky food inventors who saved the Century" lets give deference to Jay Hormel.  A man who made "pork shoulder" safe for the world!

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FROM "SPAM" - THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY:

By 1936, George Hormel had retired, and his son Jay was running the company. Always mindful of efficiency, Jay was looking for a way to use more of the pork "shoulder" meat that was not currently being consumed. (Why more people weren't eating tasteless, boney pig shoulders is a mystery to me.) He came up with a way of grinding the meat to conceal the real texture and added other pork products and spices (salt seems to be the main ingredient) to give it flavor. Thus, Hormel Spiced Ham was born. It was sold in the shape of a loaf for easy sandwich slicing.

There was one small problem, however. The United States government agency that controlled meat products wouldn't allow Hormel to refer to Spam® as "ham," since it was not made from pork hindquarters. Because of this and the fact that other companies were coming out with similar canned meat products, Jay Hormel decided he needed a distinctive name for this new invention.



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RE: Most historically influential person of the 20th ce... - 6/9/2007 1:18:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		An offbeat choice might be Pope John XXIII, whose Second Vatican Council made sweeping changes in a religion with a billion aherents around the world.

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RE: Most historically influential person of the 20th ce... - 6/9/2007 4:36:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		dcnovice, ultimately any one religious figurehead is transient, tho.  As important as John 23 was to Catholics of your generation, his reforms and his presence will be forgotten soon.  Indeed, I understand that many of his reforms have already been undone in more conservative parishes.

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BTW.  Just musing that we haven't named a woman to this list...and except for two Asians -- one scientist and one religious/spiritual leader--every suggestion has been a Caucasion.



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"When you wake up, Pooh," said Piglet, "what's the first thing you say?"
"What's for breakfast? What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?"
Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
"It's the same thing," he said.

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RE: Most historically influential person of the 20th ce... - 6/10/2007 6:45:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have two candidates, both from the entertainment industry.

My first candidate would be Walt Disney, as I feel there is not one person here reading this forum who has not been influenced at some point in their childhood by a Walt Disney film or cartoon. Then you can also take into account his influence on Hollywood, the film industry, television and motion pictures.

My second would be Louis Armstrong, the 'Father' of jazz, who moved the Western world from classical music and Tin Pan Alley pop standards into an exciting new era of swing and jazz, which later became a heavy influence and foundation for many forms of modern music.



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RE: Most historically influential person of the 20th ce... - 6/10/2007 7:20:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Although a lot of his work was done in the late 19th century; that work set the stage for all technological advances in the 20th century.  Thomas Edison would be my pick, and I am always surprised that he never gets much of mention in discussions like this.  Electric light, the phonograph, motion pictures, and the list goes on and on.

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RE: Most historically influential person of the 20th ce... - 6/11/2007 7:09:44 AM   
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ORIGINAL: asuwish40

I'd have tro say that the most influential American was certainly FRD.  His New Deal revolutionized how Americans viewed government and it's role in our lives. We have him to thank for things like the FDIC, Social Security, and the welfare state.
Most influential person has to be Hitler.  It doesnt matter if he was a leader or a follower his actions led the world into WW2.  Princep was nothing more than a pawn.  Europe was a powder keg waiting to explode and it can be argued that anyone could have and eventually set off that powder keg.
Hitler not only led Germany out of Depression but also put the world on a path towards world war.  Although any person or event could have taken Princep's place, it would have taken an absolute dictator to replace Hitler.



Agreed. Da Furor is THE most influential who did what he did IN the 20th century.

Everyday I find out more stuff that the Nazi's invented... Everything from enhanced interrogation techniques, to rocket science, jet aircraft, like the data from Mengele's ice water submersion experiments was utilized by the Air Force to develop their survival training program. The list seems endless.

What a guy!


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RE: Most historically influential person of the 20th ce... - 6/13/2007 9:01:36 AM   
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ORIGINAL: stella40

.... Louis Armstrong, the 'Father' of jazz, who moved the Western world from classical music and Tin Pan Alley pop standards into an exciting new era of swing and jazz, which later became a heavy influence and foundation for many forms of modern music.


Most of which can be heard on elevators, call waiting, and for 2 hours on Monday night on public radio...


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RE: Most historically influential person of the 20th ce... - 6/13/2007 9:30:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		Mikhail Gorbachev, hands down, in my book. He saved us from global thermonuclear destruction and controlled the demise of the most powerful evil empire in history, the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union probably could have destroyed the west if they hadn't weakened from within seeking democratic reforms.

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