Mr. Fasano’s English Class

I remember clearly the day Nixon resigned.
On this day in 1972, five men were arrested inside the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) office. They were later charged with attempted burglary and attempted interception of telephone and other communications. On September 15, a grand jury indicted them and two other men (E. Howard Hunt, Jr. and [...]

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Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conductor, one of the most renowned 20th century conductors. Karajan began his conducting career in 1927. After World [...]

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Muddy Waters 1915-1983
Muddy Waters was born on this day in 1915. He was an African-American blues singer and guitarist from Rolling Fork, Mississippi. His real name was McKinley Morganfield. As a teenager he began singing and playing traditional country blues on harmonica and guitar, and in 1941 he was recorded by Alan Lomax for [...]

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Jesse James 1847-1882
Jesse James, 1847–82, an American outlaw, was murdered on this day in 1882 by the coward Robert Ford. James was born in Clay County, Missouri. At the age of 15 he joined the Confederate guerrilla band led by William Quantrill and participated in the brutal and bloody civil warfare in Kansas and [...]

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The Eiffel Tower, completed on March 31, 1889, is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has [...]

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On this day in 1981 John Hinkley, Jr. attempted to assassinate President Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.. Reagan and three others, including Press [...]

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Karen Ann Quinlan was born on this day in 1954. She was an important figure in the history of the right to die debate in the United States.
When she was 21, Quinlan fell unconscious after coming home from a party, and lapsed into a persistent vegetative state. After she was kept alive on a ventilator [...]

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Bob Marley, born on this day in 1945 near Kingston, Jamaica, was a singer, guitarist, and composer of reggae music. He made his first record at the age of 19 and in 1965 formed the vocal trio, The Wailers, with Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingstone. Their music developed political themes with an artless lyricism and [...]

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Absolutely one of the most creative and original innovators of Rock ‘n’ Roll was a kid from Texas named Buddy Holly, who tragically was killed in a [...]

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