September 21st is the International Day of Peace. The United Nations General Assembly decided that the third Tuesday of September would be the International Day of Peace. This day was the same day as the opening day of the annual sessions of the General Assembly. The...
September 20, 1973 – Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes (tennis). King had a prestigious tennis career; she won a total of 39 Grand Slam titles, which included 12 in singles, 16 in women’s doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. Riggs...
“We must love one another or die.” WH Auden W. H. Auden was a famous English-American poet known for his gifts to 20th-century poetry. He was born in York, England on February 21, 1907 and died in Vienna, Austria on September 29, 1973. His full name was...
September 18, 1919 – Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play pro football for a major team, the Akron Pros. His full name was Frederick Douglass “Fritz” Pollard. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 27, 1894. Fritz made a...
“Let us not look back in anger, not forward in fear, but around in awareness.” – James Thurber James Thurber was an American humorist, cartoonist, author, and playwright who was born in 1894. He was quite witty and contributed to American literature...
Today, September 16th, is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The ozone layer is a section of Earth’s stratosphere that contains a proportionately high concentration of ozone (O3) molecules. It is about 6 to 19 miles above the...
