On this day :

1943 Hallucinogenic effects of LSD discovered, 1738 General Sir Henry Clinton is born, 1946 Arthur Chevrolet commits suicide, 1863 Union ships pass Vicksburg, 1947 Bernard Baruch coins the term Cold War, 2007 Massacre at Virginia Tech leaves 32 dead, 1947 Fertilizer explosion kills 581 in Texas, 1917 Lenin returns, 1947 Texas City explodes, 1972 Apollo 16 departs for moon, 1889 Charlie Chaplin born, 1922 Kingsley Amis is born, 1977 David Soul of Starsky Hutch has the 1 song on the US pop charts, 1881 Bat Mastersons last shootout, 1789 Washington leaves Mt Vernon for his inauguration, 1940 Bob Feller throws nohitter, 1968 Johnson arrives in Honolulu, 1972 United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong, 1917 Lenin returns to Russia from exile, 1897 Frederick William Winterbotham one of Britains top code breakers is born,

Essays

The expository essay is a genre of essay that requires the student to investigate an idea, evaluate evidence, expound on the idea, and set forth an argument concerning that idea in a clear and concise manner. This can be accomplished through comparison and contrast, definition, example, the analysis of cause and effect, etc. In an expository essay, the writer explains or defines a topic, using facts, statistics, and examples.