Beacon History So Far - People - 04/24

His name means “Man of Steel”, after V.I Lenin died, he took over the Soviet Union.

• Josef Stalin

• V.I. Lenin

He invented kerosene 

• Edwin Drake

• Abraham Gesner

He successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania making the removing of oil from beneath the earth’s surface practical. 

• Christopher Shoals

• Edwin Drake

He established a totalitarian state in Italy.

• Benito Mussolini

• Francisco Franco

A manufacturer of sleeping cars and other railroad cars, He built a town for his employees that provided all of the employees basic needs.

• C.F. Dowd

• George Pullman

Rising from rags to riches, he was one of the first industrial leaders to make his own fortune controlling almost all of the steel industry. 

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

 On April 9, 1940, he launched a surprise attack on Denmark and Norway “to protect these countries freedom and independence”.

• Adolf Hitler

• Josef Stalin

The founder of Standard Oil Company, he used trusts to gain total control over the oil industry in America.

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

He invented the telephone in 1876.

• Christopher Shoals

• Alexander Graham Bell

The ousted leader of Ethiopia he told the league of nations,  “It is us today, it will be you tomorrow”

• Eliud Kipchoge

• Haile Selassie