Showing posts with label October Anniversaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label October Anniversaries. Show all posts
Thursday, November 24, 2016

Over the River and to Northampton? Did You Know Thanksgiving Poem Author Lived Here?

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ICYMI: last month, I posted a short piece on Lydia Maria Child, best known as the author of "Over the River and Through the Wood."...
Friday, October 21, 2016

October 20, 1880: Death of Lydia Maria Child

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Most Americans of all ages are familiar with Lydia Maria Child's work even if they have never heard her name. Her 1844 poem, “ Over the ...

October 21: "Old Ironsides" Celebrates Another Birthday

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On 21 October 1797, Boston witnessed the launching of the USS Constitution, which remains " the oldest commissioned warship in the worl...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

October 20, 1803: Ratification of Louisiana Purchase

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The Library of Congress explains : On October 20, 1803, the Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty by a vote of twenty-four to sev...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

Happy Dictionary Day, 2016

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" Dictionary Day " honors lexicographer Noah Webster, born October 16, 1758, and celebrated for his pioneering work in both docume...

15 October 1817: Death of Revolutionary Tadeusz Kościuszko

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199 years ago, on 15 October 1817, Tadeusz Kościuszko, hero of the American and Polish Revolutions, died in exile in Switzerland. This sub...

15 October 1830: Helen Fiske (Helen Hunt Jackson) born in Amherst

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On October 15, 1830, Helen Fiske was born in Amherst. The friend of Emily Dickinson, who was born two months later (the arrival of both chil...

Rosetta and Maria Mitchell: Pioneering Astronomer from Massachusetts

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The timing of the end of the Rosetta mission --the first spacecraft sent to rendezvous with a comet--was fortuitous. On September 30, after...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

October anniversaries: Happy Birthday, USS "Constitution"

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October 21 is the anniversary of the launching of the USS "Constitution," which earned the nickname "Old Ironsides" duri...