March  17

Events:

March 17, Peterborough: The Monadnock Writers' Group will host publisher Sid Hall, author Judy Ringer, and Williard Williams, co-owner of Toadstool Bookshops, in a panel discussion, Publishing in the 21st Century. At 9:45 a.m., Peterborough Town Library (603-924-8040; Click here).

March 17,  Jaffrey Pot luck at 7pm, poetry open mic at 8pm, followed by a feature poet. $3 at the door MindFull Books 29 Main Street Jaffrey NH Audio Graffiti Poetry Series

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Born:

March 17 ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Click here  (03/17/1754 – Click here/1793)  French Revolutionary
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Ebenezer Elliott, (1781- Dec.1 ,1849 ) "Corn Law Rhymer". Eng Poet

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 Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871  English devotional writer.. Of her 150 hymns, "Just As I Am" remains popular today.
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Click here, (1804- 1881). A Frontiersman -trapper, scout, and guide

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Click here (1811-Dec.8,1878) German novelist and dramatist

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Patrick Ronayne Cleburne 1828 – Nov. 30, 1864 the "Stonewall" of the West (Major General-Confederate Army)
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Jean Ingelow (1829 – 07/20/1897) Eng writer & poet

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Moncure Daniel Conway 1832 – Nov.5,1907 US, clergyman/author/abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)

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Walter Quintin Gresham 1832 - 1895Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)

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Joseph Skipsey (1832-1903) Eng Journalist & Custodian, Shakespeare's Birthplace

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James R. Murray, 1841-March 10,1905 American sacred music editor. A veteran of the American Civil War, Murray is better remembered today as composer of the hymn tune MUELLER, to which we sing the Christmas carol, "Away in a Manger."

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Click here (1846-1901) English author and illustrator

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John Davys Beresford (1873-1 Feb. 1947) English Click here; Click here and some short stories in the Click here and Click here genres.

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Click here  (1880 – Click here/1912)  English explorer

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Julius R. Mantey, 1890-   co-author (with H. E. Dana) of a popular intermediate biblical language grammar. Originally published in 1927, the "Dana & Mantey" New Testament Greek Grammar is still popular, and still in print!

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Click here (1894-May 4,1981) US, novelist/playwright (In Abraham's Bosom)

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Alfred Newman 1900 -Click here, Click here New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing)

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Patrick Hamilton (1904-Sept.23,1962) English novelist and playwright
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Click here  (1910 – Click here/1987)  US civil rights leader

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Hans Namuth 1915 - October 13, 1990 German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala)

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Nat "King" Nathaniel Adams Coles Cole (1919 – 02/15/1965) US singer

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John La Montaine 1920-  Oak Park IL, composer (Pulitzer 1959)

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Dick Curless 1932 -May25,1995 singer/songwriter

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Click here  (1937 –Jan 2006 )  English politician

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John Bellairs, 1938-91 US, sci-fi author

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Click here  (1938 – Click here/1993)  Russian dancer, choreographer
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John Sebastian (1944 – ) US singer, songwriter

Darling Be Home Soon


Come
And talk of all the things we did today
Here
And laugh about our funny little ways
While we have a few minutes to breathe
Then I know that it's time you must leave

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But darling be home soon
I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled
My darling be home soon
It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I toddled
For the great relief of having you to talk to

And now
A quarter of my life is almost past
I think I've come to see myself at last
And I see that the time spent confused
Was the time that I spent without you
And I feel myself in bloom

-Chorus-

Go
And beat your crazy head against the sky
Try
And see beyond the houses and your eyes
It's ok to shoot the moon

So darling
My darling be home soon
I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled
My darling be home soon
It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I toddled
For the great relief of having you to talk to

Lovin' Spoonful - words and Click here by John Sebastian
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James Morrow, 1947 - American author

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Avery Clayton 1947- Nov. 26, 2009). African American Educator, Artist, Entrepreneur and Historian.

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William [Ford] Gibson Canada, 1948 sci-fi author (Neuromancer, Count Zero)

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Click here  (1951 – )  US actor
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Michael Kelly (1957 – 04/03/2003) US journalist

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Click here  (1964 – )  US actor
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Click here  (1964 – )  US actor
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Click here  (1967 – )  US singer (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan)
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Click here  (1972 – )  Canadian bassist (Smashing Pumpkins, Hole)

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Passed:

March 17 ST. PATRICK'S DAY

St Patrick (  - 0461) patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)

The Dear Little Shamrock

There's a dear little plant that grows in Ireland. 'Twas Saint Patrick himself sure that set it. And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile. And a tear from his eyes oft-times wet it. It grows thro' the bog, thro' the brake, and the mireland, And it's called the dear little Shamrock of Ireland. That dear little plant still grows in our land, Fresh and fair as the daughters of Erin, Whose smiles can bewitch, and whose eyes can command, In each climate they ever appear in: For they shine thro' the bog, thro' the brake, and the mireland, Just like their own dear little Shamrock of Ireland. That dear little plant that springs from our soil, When its three little leaves are extended, Denotes from the stalk we together should toil, And ourselves by ourselves be befriended. And still thro' the bog, thro' the brake, and the mireland, From one root should branch, like the Shamrock of Ireland.                                                                                 by Andrew Cherry Click here

Click here (Click here/1332 –1406) Tunisian historian

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Click here (1605-34) English poet and dramatist

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Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, (16 April , 1671 -1741 ) French poet

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Duc Francois de la Rochefoucald (09/15/1613-1680) French writer -author of Click here and Click here.

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John Pelham ( Sept.7,1838 -1863) US Confederate artillery major

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Robert Chambers (07/10/1802 – 1871) Scottish writer

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Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm [Pauwels Foreestier],Click here -1889 Click hereClick here poet & novelist

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Lawrence Oates  (Click here/1880 –1912)  Click here

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Kenyon Cox (10/27/1856 – 1919) US artist

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Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel 1894-1941 Russian writer (Crvena Konjica)

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Suzanna Salter (03021860-1961 1st US female mayor/temperance leader

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Quentin Reynolds (04/11/1902 – 1965) US writer

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Click here  (Click here/1894 – 03/17/1956)  US comic

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Frank Wisbar  Dec.9,1899 –1967 International  director (Fireside Theater)

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Luchino Visconti di Modrone (Click here/1906 –1976) Italian director

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Rick Grech   ( Nov.1,1946-1990) rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic)

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George Lovi (Aug 14,1939-1992 US columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"),

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Jack Arnold Oct.14,1916- 1992 US actor/director (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967)

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 Click here  (Click here/1900 –1993)  US actor

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Arthur C Jacobs 30 May 1937- 1994 Scot poet

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Rene Clement Click here, Click here -1996 Fr.film director

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Andre Norton, 1912- 2005 American writer

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Click here  (Click here/1924 –2007)  US computing pioneer
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Albert Sidney Fleischman Sid Fleischman (March 16, 1920 –2010), , Click here-winning author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and books on magic.

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Click here  (Click here/1950 –2010)  US singer (Box Tops, Big Star)

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Sites:

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History:

March 17 ST. PATRICK'S DAY

1905 Eleanor Roosevelt marries FDR in New York

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1906 President Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckraker"

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1959 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India

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Bonus Poem:

Speak to Me, My Love!

Speak to me, my love!

Tell me in words what you sang.

The night is dark.

The stars are lost in clouds.

The wind is sighing through the leaves.

I will let loose my hair.

My blue cloak will cling round me like [night].

I will clasp your head to my bosom;

And there in the sweet loneliness

murmur on your heart.

I will shut my eyes and listen.

I will not look in your face.

When your words are ended,

we will sit still and silent.

Only the trees will whisper in the dark.

[The night will pale.]

The day will dawn.

We shall look at each other's eyes

and go on our different paths.

Speak to me, my love!

Tell me in words what you sang.

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