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1/20 (1991): Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
10/12 (1945): The Lao Issara took control of Laos' government and reaffirmed the country's independence.
It can't be "Summer"! That -- got through! It's early -- yet -- for "Spring"! There's that long town of White -- to cross --...
4/1 (1789): In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
1/1 (1834): Most of Germany forms the Zollverein customs union, the first such union between sovereign states.
WOMEN sit, or move to and fro—some old, some young; The young are beautiful—but the old are more beautiful than the young.
9/11 (1829): An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle of Tampico, marking the effective end of Spain's resistance to Mexico's campaign for independence.
Funny -- to be a Century -- And see the People -- going by -- I -- should die of the Oddity -- But then...
The majority of the garrison is massacred the next day.
In the cave which wild weeds cover Wait for thine aethereal lover; For the pallid moon is waning, O'er the spiral cypress hanging And the moon no cloud is staining.
The death knell is ringing The raven is singing The earth worm is creeping The mourners are weeping Ding dong, bell--
4/22 (1944): The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
A YEAR ago you swore, fond she! "To love, to honour," and so forth: Such was the vow you pledged to me, And here's exactly what 't is worth.
I am drunk with the honey wine Of the moon-unfolded eglantine, Which fairies catch in hyacinth bowls.
IN hearts like thine ne'er may I hold a place Till I renounce all sense, all shame, all grace-- That seat,--like seats, the bane of Freedom's realm, But dear to those presiding at the helm-- Is basely purchased, not with...
She rose to His Requirement -- dropt The Playthings of Her Life To take the honorable Work Of Woman, and of Wife -- If ought...
THE Son of Love and Lord of War I sing; Him who bade England bow to Normandy, And left the name of Conqueror more than King To his unconquerable dynasty.
GIVE me women, wine, and snuff Untill I cry out "hold, enough!" You may do so sans objection Till the day of resurrection: For, bless...
12/7 (1904): Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
4/1 (1725): J. Bach's later Easter Oratorio in its first version is performed at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig on Easter Sunday.
A shovel of his ashes took From the hearth's obscurest nook, Muttering mysteries as she went. Helen and Henry knew that Granny Was as much afraid of Ghosts as any, And so they followed hard-- But Helen clung to her...
1/20 (1973): Amílcar Cabral, leader of the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, is assassinated in Conakry, Guinea.
These are the Signs to Nature's Inns -- Her invitation broad To Whosoever famishing To taste her mystic Bread -- These are the rites of...
1/1 (1773): The hymn that becomes known as "Amazing Grace", previously titled "1 Chronicles 17:16-17, Faith's Review and Expectation", is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.