On this day in 1953, Portuguese landowners and colonial officials killed hundreds of forros in São Tomé. 

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On this day in 1922, “Ulysses," a novel by Irish writer James Joyce, was first published in its entirety. 

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On this day in 1902, poet Langston Hughes was born. 

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On this day in 1939, Jewish Polish teenager Renia Spiegel wrote the first entry in her diary. 

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On this day in 1703, a group of ronin, or samurai without a master, avenged the death of their master by killing Kira Yoshinaka. 

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On this day in 1845, Edgar Allan Poe's narrative poem "The Raven" was first published. 

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On this day in 1671, Panama City was destroyed by fire after Henry Morgan and a gang of buccaneers sacked the city. 

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On this day in 1912, Norwegian philosopher Arne Næss was born. 

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On this day in 1808, William Bligh, the Governor of New South Wales, was deposed by a military coup. 

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On this day in 1924, the first ever Winter Olympic Games began in Chamonix, France. 

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