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Charles Wright (poet)
1935Aug, 25

Charles Wright (poet)

Charles Wright, American poet
Charles Wright (born August 25, 1935) is an American poet. He shared the National Book Award in 1983 for Country Music: Selected Early Poems and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for Black Zodiac. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the 50th Poet Laureate of the United States.

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  • 26Feb

    Treaty of Versailles

    Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
  • 25May

    Big Ten Conference

    Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • 25Jun

    Soviet Union

    Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
  • 8Sep

    Huey Long

    US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
  • 15Sep

    Swastika

    Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.