No opponent that he cannot mock
No hunter’s gun he cannot block
Don’t want to get hit hard?
You’d best be on your guard
When you hear him ask, “Eh . . . what’s up, doc?”

Event: The character known today as Bugs Bunny makes his first “official” appearance in the animated short “A Wild Hare”
Year: 1940
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny

That our small human world had expanded
That no longer on Earth were we stranded
Watching with great intent
Did we know what it meant
When we heard that the Eagle had landed?

Event: Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Year: 1969
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

Much to Pompey’s and Cato’s dismay
He marched on Rome; so they ran away
The man who conquered Gaul
Wanted to rule it all
But he ended with, “Et tu, Brute?”

Event: Birth of Gaius Julius Caesar
Year: 100 BC
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar

At Comiskey Park it did begin
Neither team’s lineup could be called thin
But the best of the lot
Was the Sultan of Swat
He hit one out and kept one more in

Event: The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played
Year: 1933
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game

Realism is all well and good
But at times it’s a “can,” not a “should”
Cannons, used for their sound
Also burned to the ground
The Globe Theatre; it was made of wood

Event: A theatre cannon misfires, causing the Globe Theatre to burn down during a production of Henry VIII
Year: 1613
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_theatre

Hitler and Stalin were for war geared
But a truce came ‘fore their armies neared
They each other despised
So most were not surprised
When they launched Operation Red Beard

Event: Nazi Germany launches Operation Barbarossa, an invasion of the Soviet Union and the largest military offensive in history
Year: 1941
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa
Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

England’s King John did not quite well feel
Loss to France caused his finance to reel
When he tried to raise cash
The barons did backlash
Wrote a charter, and “asked” for his seal

Event: King John puts his seal on the Magna Carta
Year: 1215
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

The brand-new Constitution caused fights
Famous statesmen stayed up many nights
“Hamilton!  Hold the phone!
We got rid of the throne!
We ain’t signing ’til we get some rights!”

Event: James Madison first proposes the Bill of Rights to Congress
Year: 1789
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights

In the Era of the Warring State
Many daimyo ruled- some small, some great
He who conquered Japan
Was no hasty young man
He knew sometimes the key is to wait

Event: Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu, warlord and founder of Japan’s third shogunate
Year: 1616
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku_period

Warriors don’t deserve great applause
Of anger, hate- fear is the cause
Judge things not by their size
Do or don’t; give not tries
Sagely words from a wizard named Oz

Event: Birth of Richard Frank Oznowicz (better known as Frank Oz), puppeteer/muppeteer, director, and voice of Yoda
Year: 1944
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Oz