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5/1 (1328): Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent state.
Now I knew I lost her -- Not that she was gone -- But Remoteness travelled On her Face and Tongue. Alien, though adjoining As...
5/8 (1924): The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
7/4 (1855): The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published in Brooklyn.
Anne's Eye is liken'd to the _Sun_, From it such Beams of Beauty fall; And _this_ can be denied by none, For like the _Sun_, it shines on _All_.
'Twould ease -- a Butterfly -- Elate -- a Bee -- Thou'rt neither -- Neither -- thy capacity -- But, Blossom, were I, I would...
Where Thou art -- that -- is Home -- Cashmere -- or Calvary -- the same -- Degree -- or Shame -- I scarce esteem...
Nature assigns the Sun -- That -- is Astronomy -- Nature cannot enact a Friend -- That -- is Astrology.
3/15 (1927): The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
4/9 (1959): Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
Just so -- Jesus -- raps -- He -- doesn't weary -- Last -- at the Knocker -- And first -- at the Bell. Then...
Hope is a strange invention -- A Patent of the Heart -- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out -- Of this electric Adjunct Not...
This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
IT seems that the Braziers propose soon to pass An Address and to bear it themselves all in brass; A superfluous pageant, for by the Lord Harry! They'll _find_, where they're going, much more than they carry.
Glass was the Street -- in tinsel Peril Tree and Traveller stood -- Filled was the Air with merry venture Hearty with Boys the Road...
7/4 (1776): American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
Whatever it is -- she has tried it -- Awful Father of Love -- Is not Ours the chastising -- Do not chastise the Dove...
I HAE a wife of my ain, I’ll partake wi’ naebody; I’ll take Cuckold frae nane, I’ll gie Cuckold to naebody. I hae a penny to spend, There—thanks to naebody! I hae naething to lend, I’ll borrow frae naebody.
Autumn -- overlooked my Knitting -- Dyes -- said He -- have I -- Could disparage a Flamingo -- Show Me them -- said I...
1/15 (1541): King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
I'm "wife" -- I've finished that -- That other state -- I'm Czar -- I'm "Woman" now -- It's safer so -- How odd the...
6/19 (1982): The People's Armed Police is de facto founded; It is officially established 10 months later on April 5, 1983
We talked as Girls do -- Fond, and late -- We speculated fair, on every subject, but the Grave -- Of ours, none affair --...
1/20 (1576): The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.