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Wu Hou Biography

Wu Houfirst woman to rule ChinaBorn: c. 625Birthplace: China Born into an aristocratic family, Wu Hou, also known as Wu Chao or Wu Zetien, was taught reading, writing, and music. At about age…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Summer and Winter

by Percy Bysshe Shelley LibertyThe Tower of FamineSummer and Winter Published by Mrs. Shelley in "The Keepsake", 1829. Mr. C.W. Frederickson of Brooklyn possesses a transcript in Mrs.…

Fritz Lang

Name at birth: Friedrich Christian Anton LangFilmmaker Fritz Lang had a long career in Berlin and Hollywood, from the silent era to the 1960s. His best known films include 1927's dystopian vision…

The Ramones

Famous for short, fast and loud rock songs like "Beat on the Brat" and "I Wanna Be Sedated," The Ramones were one of the first punk bands of the 1970s. The band was created in 1974, with all band…

DMX

Name at birth: Earl SimmonsDMX (also known as Dark Man X) was a hard core rapper from the East Coast school, known for his aggressively brutal raps. After his death in 2021, The New York Times called…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Violet

The VioletBy Ellen Louisa TuckerWhy lingerest thou, pale violet, to see the dying year; Are Autumn's blasts fit music for thee, fragile one, to hear; Will thy clear blue eye, upward bent,…

Darryl Kile 2002 Deaths

Darryl KileAge: 33 St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, who died in his sleep just three days after pitching his team into first place in the National League's Central Division and less than 24 hours…

Gram Parsons

Name at birth: Ingram Cecil Connor IIISinger and songwriter Gram Parsons died at the age of 26, after a short but promising career that injected country music into the 1960s rock scene. Parsons came…

July 2006

WorldDozens Are Killed at Iraqi Market (July 1): More than 60 people are killed by a suicide bomber in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad. A Sunni member of parliament, Tayseer Najah al-…

Luke: 20

Luke Chapter 20 1 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him…