In Harry Turtledove's timeline-191 series, April 22 is celebrated as Remembrance Day in the United States. However instead of festivals, the celebrations are rather somber to commemorate the country's two losses in 20 years to the Confederacy. | |
It's National Poetry Month in the USA and Canada! | |
Henry Fielding (Tom Jones) was born on this day in 1707 | |
Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason) was born on this day in 1754 | |
Kate Chopin's The Awakening was published by Herbert S. Stone & Company in Chicago on this day in 1899 | |
Pravda began publication in St. Petersburg on this day in 1912, then a heavily suppressed underground newspaper. | |
Janet Evanovich (One For The Money) was born on this day in 1943 | |
Erma Bombeck, columnist and humourist, died on this day in 1996 |
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