Researching Heroes & Heroines: Books & Websites

Useful Sources
history.orb.com famous birthdays on this day
BBC ; Wiki

MORE RESEARCH SOURCES FOR YOU
Books
Webster's Dictionary of Famous People
Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Jones
How It All Began The stories behind famous names Maurice Baren

Websites
http://www.britain-magazine.com/carousel/10-greatest-women-in-british-history/
wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_associated_with_World_War_I
http://listverse.com/2013/05/31/10-modern-day-heroes-actively-changing-the-world/
wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/visit-us/highlights/poets-corner
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/poets-of-the-first-world-war
On this day: HistoryOrb.com http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/August-1/
Famousbirthdays.com
http://www.classical-composers.org/search/year
http://www.un.org/en/events/observances/days.shtml
famousbirthdays.com
wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_100:_The_Most_Important_People_of_the_Century

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