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7/4 (1946): After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
11/1 (1520): The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.
At morn--at noon--at twilight dim-- Maria! thou hast heard my hymn! In joy and wo--in good and ill-- Mother of God, be with me still!
The inundation of the Spring Enlarges every soul -- It sweeps the tenement away But leaves the Water whole -- In which the soul at...
12/24 (1818): The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria.
11/9 (1965): A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
A Pang is more conspicuous in Spring In contrast with the things that sing Not Birds entirely -- but Minds -- Minute Effulgencies and Winds...
Could Hope inspect her Basis Her Craft were done -- Has a fictitious Charter Or it has none -- Balked in the vastest instance But...
1/1 (1962): Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
10/31 (2002): A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
The sea took pity: it interposed with doom: ‘I have tall daughters dear that heed my hand: Let Winter wed one, sow them in her...
How much the present moment means To those who've nothing more -- The Fop -- the Carp -- the Atheist -- Stake an entire store...
On this long storm the Rainbow rose -- On this late Morn -- the Sun -- The clouds -- like listless Elephants -- Horizons --...
1/15 (1936): The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
7/14 (1957): Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day.
In the other gardens And all up the vale, From the autumn bonfires See the smoke trail! Pleasant summer over And all the summer flowers, The red fire blazes, The grey smoke towers. Sing a song of seasons! Something bright in all!
The Bird her punctual music brings And lays it in its place -- Its place is in the Human Heart And in the Heavenly Grace...
11/1 (1896): A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
4/22 (1944): World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
7/14 (1791): Beginning of Priestley Riots (to 17 July) in Birmingham targeting Joseph Priestley as a supporter of the French Revolution.
WHAT General has a good army in himself, has a good army; He happy in himself, or she happy in herself, is happy, But I tell you you cannot be happy by others, any more than you can beget or conceive a child by others.
11/9 (1906): Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country, doing so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
2/14 (1990): The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot.