• Join the Revolution!
  Follow the progress of the American Revolution War from the first battle to the last.

John Fitch, American pioneer steamboat builder, born (1743)

John C. Fremont, map maker & explorer of western US, born (1813)

• The American West
  This site has an enormous amount of information to cover and does it very well. The site focuses on the "old West" and includes information on cowboys, Native Americans, pioneers and pioneer towns, explorers and more.

Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson, Confederate general during Civil War nicknamed “Stonewall” for his stand at the First Battle of Bull Run, born (1824)

• Great Sites about the Civil War
  Some of the best sites on the web about the Civil War

Roger Nash Baldwin, co-founder of American Civil Liberties Union, born (1884)

Wolfgang Kohler, German psychologist and a key figure in the development of Gestalt psychology (The Mentality of Apes), born (1887

Paul Scofield, English actor (Man for All Seasons), born (1922)

Placido Domingo, Spanish opera tenor, born (1941)

• Performance Arts
  See our performance arts resources in our Arts Center

Wolfman Jack (Bob Smith), American radio DJ known for his innovative delivery style (Midnight Special), born (1939)

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Communist Party founder, died at 54 (1924)

George Orwell, English author (Animal Farm, 1984), died from tuberculosis in London at 46 (1950)

• 9-12 Literature & Poetry Center
  Resources and tools from our Language & Literature Center

Cecil B. de Mille, American film producer (10 Commandments, The King of Kings), died at 77 (1959)