Breaking Rocks Together.
On this day in 1984, Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was awarded the …
A weekday series of posts that pair historical events–from weather to war to religion to popular culture–with a quilt documented in The Quilt Index, a joint project of the Quilt Alliance, MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University and the Michigan State University Museum.
On this day in 1984, Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was awarded the …
On this day in 1895, the American novel The Red Badge of Courage, written by 24-year-old …
On this day in 1935, John Royce Mathis was born in Gilmer, Texas to Clem …
On this day in 1988, Stacy Allison of Portland, Oregon, became the first American woman …
On this day in 1953, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, …
On this day in 2001, four coordinated terrorist attacks were carried out in the United …
On this day in 1893, First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland, the wife of President Grover …
On this day in 1781, one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War took …
On this day in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have A …
On this day in 1833, Margarethe Meyer Schurz was born in Hamburg, Germany. Schurtz studied …