• Space Sciences
  Resources and tools from our Science Center.

Giovanni Francesco Bernardone (“St. Francis of Assisi”), Italian founder of the Franciscan religious order, born (1181)

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Frederic Remington, artist specializing in works depicting the American West, born (1861)

• Refrigerator to Renoir: Ten Great Art Lessons on the Net
• Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
  A comprehensive database of museum quality fine art that can be viewed on the internet.

Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. president (1877-81) born (1822)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Presidents of the United States
  Best sites on the web for teaching about the presidents.
• U.S. Presidents on the Internet!
  

Edward L. Stratemeyer, prolific author of children’s adventure books under various pseudonyms (The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew series) born (1862)

Alvin Toffler, futurist thinker and author (Future Shock, The Third Wave) born (1928)

Anne Rice, author (Interview with a Vampire),born (1941)

Susan Sarandon , Academy Award-winning actress (Dead Man Walking), born (1946)

General Court of the Plymouth Colony instituted a legal code, the first composed in North America (1636)

Anne Sexton, American poet, (To Bedlam and Part Way Back) died a suicide (1974)

• 9-12 Literature & Poetry Center
  Resources and tools from our Language & Literature Center
• Volumes of Verse: Poetry Resources on the Internet
  You have probably heard the Web compared to a virtual library. In the case of poetry, that statement couldn't be more true. Poets from William Blake to Walt Whitman now have virtual homes in cyberspace.
• Great Sites for Teaching About…Poetry