This day in History.

837
15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1594
Henry IV is crowned king of France in Chartres.

1801
The District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.

1807
The poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born.

1827
1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans

1844
Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti.

1861
Russian troops fired on a crowd in Warsaw that was protesting Russian rule over Poland. Five marchers were killed.

1879
Two American chemists announce the discovery of saccharin

1902
Author, John Steinbeck was born.

1908
Star #46 was added to U.S. flag for Oklahoma.

1922
The United States Supreme Court declares the Nineteenth Amendment constitutional, thereby guaranteeing women's voting rights.

1932
Actress, Elizabeth Taylor was born.

1933
German Reichstag building in Berlin was destroyed by fire.

1934
Consumer advocate, Ralph Nader was born.

1939
The Supreme Court outlawed sit-down strikes.

1951
The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, limiting the President to two terms.

1972
President Richard M. Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued the Shanghai Communique at the conclusion of Nixon's historic visit to China.

1973
Members of the American Indian Movement occupied the village of Wounded Knee, S.D.

1974
Wife and Mother, Charity Harmless is born!

1974
The first issue of People magazine, a weekly publication featuring entertainment and social-interest news, hits the newsstands.

1980
Former President's daughter, Chelsea Clinton was born

1980
Singer, Josh Groban was born.

1986
The U.S. Senate approved telecasts of its debates on a trial basis.

1990
The Exxon Corporation is indicted on five criminal charges relating to the 1989 Alaskan oil spill.

1991
Kuwait was liberated in the Gulf War.

1997
Divorce became legal in Ireland.

1997
Legislation banning most handguns in Britain went into effect.

1998
With the approval of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's House of Lords agreed to end 1,000 years of male preference by giving a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as a first-born son.

2002
Alicia Keys won five Grammy Awards for her debut album, ''Songs in A Minor,'' tying the record for a female artist held by Lauryn Hill and since tied by Norah Jones and Beyonce.

2003
A design by architect Daniel Libeskind is selected to be built on the former site of the twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center.

2003
Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, died.

The Seed and The Soil of Education (New Learning Project Part 1)

(This is my entry for the first part of my project for my New Learning course that I am taking.) Introduction Corn Fields in Illinois I have lived the majority of my life in the Midwest: mid-state Illinois to be specific. Where I live, farming is everywhere. My grandparents and great-grandparents on both sides of my family were farmers. My dad grew up on a farm and owned farmland, well into my own adulthood. But, even if it wasn’t in the family, I still would have been surrounded by farming. You can’t go more than a mile outside of my city’s limits without encountering miles and miles of fields. Most of our highways, and even interstates, are located between acres of farmland.

This too shall pass...

Gam zeh ya'avor (Hebrew) "This Too Shall Pass" Welcome! According to Google Analytics, this is by far the most visited post that I have ever written. If someone comes here from a search engine, most of the time they are looking for " this too shall pass quote " or simply " this too shall pass " on Google or one of the other search engines. I am sure that most of the time visitors are looking for the originations of this quote, but I have to wonder, why is this quote on people's minds? Why are they pondering the passing of events? Here is my thought: It is probably because most of us have realized that the adult life is much harder than we ever imagined it to be. There is more pain and more sorrow than we had ever imagined as children, but we have learned that time keeps ticking. And as time continues to flow things pass. In fact, even the really big things and the really hard things will still pass. If you are here because you are thinking ...

The Minnesota Crime Commission wrote:

Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it: his bottle, his mother's attention, his playmate's toys, his uncle's watch, or whatever. Deny him these and he seethes with rage and aggressiveness which would be murderous were he not so helpless. He's dirty, he has no morals, no knowledge, no developed skills. This means that all children, not just certain children but all children, are born delinquent. If permitted to continue in their self-centered world of infancy, given free reign to their impulsive actions to satisfy each want, every child would grow up a criminal, a thief, a killer, a rapist.

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