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4/1 (1949): Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
9/11 (1851): Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a...
The butterfly obtains But little sympathy Though favorably mentioned In Entomology -- Because he travels freely And wears a proper coat The circumspect are certain...
POSTERITY will ne'er survey A nobler grave than this; Here lie the bones of Castlereagh: Stop traveller, * *
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
9/11 (1995): The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.
5/1 (1991): Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon.
Heroes and kings! your distance keep: In peace let one poor poet sleep, Who never flatter'd folks like you: Let Horace blush, and Virgil too.
3/15 (1922): After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period -- When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad On...
IN THIS BOOK A TRAVELLER HAD WRITTEN:-- "Fair Albion, smiling, sees her son depart To trace the birth and nursery of art: Noble his object, glorious is his aim; He comes to Athens, and he--writes his name." BENEATH WHICH LORD...
1/15 (1777): American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
Did life's penurious length Italicize its sweetness, The men that daily live Would stand so deep in joy That it would clog the cogs Of...
7/14 (1943): In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
7/14 (1942): In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for India's independence from Britain.
2/12 (1946): African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially...
11/9 (1935): The Committee for Industrial Organization, the precursor to the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
11/11 (1940): World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
I SEE the sleeping babe, nestling the breast of its mother; The sleeping mother and babe—hush’d, I study them long and long.
EARTH’D up, here lies an imp o’ hell, Planted by Satan’s dibble; Poor silly wretch, he’s damned himsel’, To save the Lord the trouble.
You too, my mother, read my rhymes For love of unforgotten times, And you may chance to hear once more The little feet along the floor.
Pain has but one Acquaintance And that is Death -- Each one unto the other Society enough. Pain is the Junior Party By just a...
1/1 (1801): Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
7/4 (1778): American Revolutionary War: US forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.