… the ruined Michael Henchard wills that no one remember his name after his death. This request is profoundly startling and tragic, especially when one considers how very important Henchard's name has been to him during his life. After committing…

… June 28, 1712; d. at Ermenonville (28 m. n.e. of Paris) July 2, 1778. His mother died at his birth, and his father, a dissipated and violent-tempered man, paid little attention to the son's training, and finally deserted him. The latter developed a…

… of the greatest and most productive geniuses in the history of Western music. Bach was born on March 21, 1685, in Eisenach, Thüringen, into a family that over seven generations produced at least 53 prominent musicians, from Veit Bach to Wilhelm Friedrich…

… George had on sports. Eddie George played a big role in the world of football. He and Steve McNair led the Tennessee Titans to the Superbowl, but they lost. Eddie George was 8, just another young kid on the neighborhood playground who fantasized about…

… general from around 500 B.C. A collection of essays on the art of war is attributed to Sun Tzu. These are the earliest know treatises on the subject. Two thousand five hundred years ago these principles were a novel. Back then war was very disorganized…

… called Stratford-upon-Avon in the year 1564. His baptism was recorded on April 26, 1564, and in view of the fact that babies are usually baptized on the third day, it is commonly thought that he was born on April 23, though there is no actual account…

… of the world’s best works of art and even a Ninja turtle. I have recently been to his time period, and have learned many incredible things to share. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was on March 6 1475, in Caprise, Italy. His life started…

… more horrible state of society?” This is the question that William Lloyd Garrison asked in his introduction to the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. To a colored human in the early 1800’s, there wasn’t a more horrible state…

… Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. Frederick Douglass exact birth date is not recorded. This information was deemed unimportant to Douglass’ master. Frederick Douglass was a field and house a slave in different times…

… The Diary of Anne Frank was written in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, between 1942 and 1944. The Franks were a Jewish family originally from Germany, where Anne was born in 1929. Anne's father, Otto, had come from a wealthy background, but his family's…