By GRAPYLAK

"One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher."      -Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler was born on July 7th.

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Brown Rice

Jacques Cartier lands on the Gaspe Peninsula, marking the beginning of European colonization of the Americas.

Four individuals involved in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged in Washington, D.C.

The United States officially annexes Hawaii through the Newlands Resolution.

The Second Sino-Japanese War commences with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in China.

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first American to be canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.