There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.

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• Isaac Newton

  Physicist

  Sunday, Jan 04, 1643
  Monday, Mar 31, 1727

• John Keats

  Poet

  Saturday, Oct 31, 1795
  Friday, Feb 23, 1821

• Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Philosopher

  
  

• Pope Francis

  Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
  

• Henry David Thoreau

  Author

  Saturday, Jul 12, 1817
  Tuesday, May 06, 1862

• John C. Maxwell

  Author

  Thursday, Feb 20, 1947
  

• Friedrich Nietzsche

  Philologist

  Tuesday, Oct 15, 1844
  Saturday, Aug 25, 1900

• George Bernard Shaw

  Playwright

  Saturday, Jul 26, 1856
  Thursday, Nov 02, 1950

• Francis Of Assisi

  Saint

  Thursday, Jun 24, 1182
  Saturday, Oct 03, 1226

• Julius Caesar

  Roman Dictator

  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  

• Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military Commander

  Tuesday, Aug 15, 1769
  Saturday, May 05, 1821

• Lucy Larcom

  Poet

  Friday, Mar 05, 1824
  Monday, Apr 17, 1893

• Ernest Hemingway

  Author

  Friday, Jul 21, 1899
  Sunday, Jul 02, 1961

• George Carlin

  Comedian

  Wednesday, May 12, 1937
  Sunday, Jun 22, 2008

• Aldous Huxley

  Writer

  Thursday, Jul 26, 1894
  Friday, Nov 22, 1963