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Today in History March 14

1489 – The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. 1558 – Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman Emperor 1743 – First American town meeting in Boston’s Faneuil Hall 1757 – On board HMS Monarch (his own flagship), British Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty “Pour encourager...
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March 9

1497 – Nicolaus Copernicus’ first recorded astronomical observation 1522 – Marten Luther begins preaching his Invocavit Sermons in Wittenberg 1562 – Kissing in public banned in Naples 1745 – Bells for first American carillon shipped from England to Boston 1839 – Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours 1841 – US Supreme...
"Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

Minor Masterpieces

During the upcoming April school break, some 150 students from more than 20 New York middle schools will come together for a week of writing, directing, shooting, and editing under the guidance of 14 professional filmmaking instructors from a broad range of backgrounds. By the end of the five-day course, the teams will have produced...
Middle-school students shoot a scene at I.S. 289 during the Film Intensive program offered by Manhattan Youth in February. This free program will be reprised during the upcoming school break, in April.

March 7

161 – Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire 321 – Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. 1530 – King Henry VIII’s divorce request is denied by the...
Aristotle "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

March 3

521 – Magellan discovers Guam 1646 – Born in London, Joseph Jenckes arrived in Lynn Massachusetts around 1643. Three years later he was awarded the first patent in North America by the General Court of Massachusetts, for the scythe, an agricultural tool used for clearing grass and reaping crops. The basic scythe design remained in...
1817 illustration of a Polish peasant sharpening a scythe. Drawn by Jan Piotr Norblin, engraved by Philibert-Louis Debucour

The Academy Awards of the Atheneum World

Quick: Name a single location Downtown where you can go for a Zen meditation class, tax filing help, story time for toddlers, crayon coloring for adults, and Lego building for all ages? Hint: All of the above are offered free of charge, which rules out psychologist’s office you were probably thinking of. The answer is...