The Renaissance of the 15th century led the Reformation of the 16th century, followed by the Scientific Revolution -- a period of increased understanding in the fields of astronomy,...
In 1788, poet Robert Burns published an ancient Scottish folk song "Auld Lang Syne," meaning "in days of old gone by."
A similar poem was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in...
President Nixon, in his last official address, August 8, 1974, left a cryptic warning of the Middle East "... so that the cradle of civilization will not...
A "Father of Chemistry" wanted to evangelize America ... and warned of the end of the world!
Robert Boyle was born January 25, 1627.
He studied Sir Francis Bacon, René Descartes, and...
The importance of elections was declared by President Calvin Coolidge, April 19, 1926: "The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box.”
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In 1983, Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the bill to make the third Monday in January a holiday in honor of Baptist Pastor, Reverend...
Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee Institute, delivered an address at Memorial Hall in Columbus, Ohio, May 24, 1900.
The description was recorded in The Booker T. Washington...
Plato was a Greek philosopher who lived in the city-state of Athens.
In 380 B.C., Plato wrote The Republic, where he described in Books 8 and 9:
"States are as the...
"Doctor Livingstone, I presume," stated New York Herald reporter Henry Stanley on November 10, 1871, as he met David Livingstone on the banks of Africa's Lake Tanganyika.
Dr. Livingstone was the internationally renowned missionary...