In the attic, penned in by their fright
There was little to do but to write
Otto grieved that his girl’d
Never see the bright world
But her words, he could help them take flight

Event: The diary of Anne Frank is first published (original title: The Annex: Diary Notes 14 June 1942 – 1 August 1944)
Year: 1947
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl

Many afterward took on her name
As a way to seek fortune and fame
Excavations and tests
Of the place where she rests
Brought to end any lingering claim

Event: Birth of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II
Year: 1901
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia

Having run out of worlds to defeat
Alexander went back to his seat
None know what he there met
But to his great regret
He would never return to his feet

Event: Alexander, Basileus of Macedon, Hegemon of the Hellenic League, Shahanshah of Persia, Pharaoh of Egypt and Lord of Asia, dies at age 32
Year: 323 BC
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great

At first ready to soil their pants
By the end they could not help but dance
Free to fight one more day
“On the beaches,” he’d say
Once they’d gotten the hell out of France

Event: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk is completed
Year: 1940
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/We_shall_fight_on_the_beaches