Since dynamite he had devised
It seemed certain that he’d be despised
As the Merchant of Death
But while he still drew breath
He made sure that his name would be prized

Event: Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside most of his fortune to fund the Nobel Prizes
Year: 1895
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize

How to deal with the authors of war?
Could true justice be had anymore?
Three who holocaust penned
Took their lives ‘fore the end
For the rest was a trial in store

Event: Start of the Nuremberg Trials
Year: 1945
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials

“Kiddy stuff!” modern critics all cried
“Pirate fancies unworthy of pride!”
What was wrong with those guys?
Was it really so wise
To tease Jekyll, when knowing of Hyde?

Event: Birth of Robert Louis Stevenson
Year: 1850
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson

Out of twenty-five each team was made
Between wedges and heel kicks it swayed
And the strange final score
Was a bleak six to four
Queens on top in the first game e’er played

Event: The Rutgers Queensmen (now Scarlet Knights) and College of New Jersey (now Princeton) Tigers play the first ever intercollegiate American football game. Rutgers wins 6-4.
Year: 1869
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869_New_Jersey_vs._Rutgers_football_game