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Print of the painting Hancock at Gettysburg by Thure
de Thulstrup; Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg
Address" was delivered at the dedication of a
cemetery for Union soldiers killed in the battle. |
Here are today's milestones:
Born this on day:
Thomas Campion (1567; died March 1, 1620) English poet and composer; numerous "ayres" (art songs)
Cotton Mather (1663; died February 13, 1728) American Puritan minister, author, and pamphleteer who contributed to the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials; wrote
Boston Ephermeris;
The Biblia Americana;
Pillars of Salt;
Magnalia Christi Americana;
The Christian Philosopher
Abraham Lincoln (1809; died April 15, 1865) American president; "House Divided" speech; "First Inaugural Address"; "The Gettysburg Address"; "Second Inaugural Address"
Charles Darwin (1809; died April 19, 1882) English naturalist;
The Voyage of the Beagle;
The Origin of Species;
The Descent of Man
Judy Blume (1938) American author of children's literature;
Tiger Eyes;
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret;
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Died this on day:
Brother Lawrence (1691; born Unknown Date, 1614) French Carmelite lay brother;
The Practice of the Presence of God
Immanuel Kant (1804; born April 22, 1724) German philosopher;
Kritik der reinen Vernunft (
Critique of Pure Reason);
Kritik der praktischen Vernunft (
Critique of Practical Reason);
Die Metaphysik der Sitten (
The Metaphysics of Morals);
Kritik der Urteilskraft (
Critique of Judgment)
Jean Renoir (1979; born September 15, 1894) French filmmaker known for
La Grande Illusion;
The Rules of the Game
Julio Cortázar (1984; born August 26, 1914) Argentine novelist, short story writer, and essayist known for
Hopscotch;
All Fires the Fire;
Blow-up and Other Stories
Bonus Classic:
François Villon (c. 1431-c. 1463) French poet;
Le Grand Testament;
Le Lais
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