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ON KEATS, WHO DESIRED THAT ON HIS TOMB SHOULD BE INSCRIBED-- 'Here lieth One whose name was writ on water.
12/25 (1100): Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
11/11 (1750): The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
Youth of delight! come hither And see the opening morn, Image of Truth new-born. Doubt is fled, and clouds of reason, Dark disputes and artful teazing. Folly is an endless maze; Tangled roots perplex her ways; How many have fallen there!
9/2 (44): Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
As Children bid the Guest "Good Night" And then reluctant turn -- My flowers raise their pretty lips -- Then put their nightgowns on. As...
"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways." - Sigmund Freud
"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want." - Lao Tzu
"Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other." - Brian Tracy
"The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed." - George Bernard Shaw
"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees." - Amelia Earhart
6/6 (1933): The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
8/6 (1861): Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
12/24 (1294): Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
4/22 (1970): The first Earth Day is celebrated.
3/15 (2011): Beginning of the Syrian revolution.
12/7 (1787): Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
3/17 (1969): Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
11/1 (1970): Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
11/9 (1905): The Province of Alberta, Canada, holds its first general election.
3/15 (1978): Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
5/8 (1898): The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
2/14 (1779): American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
4/22 (2016): The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.