John Keats was born October 31st, 1795 and when he was eight years old in 1804,     his father, a livery-stable manager died in a          riding accident and his mother remarried...

In the year 1718, the 60-year-old Josiah Franklin decided to introduce his 12-year-old child to his lucrative candle-making business. The deal for the young boy was very simple; He would...