Nothingandall

I’m accused of being bitter, inclined
to despair, as if my poetry’s pain
weren’t your flesh, O scattered men,
and my sorrow your sorrow, O mind.

Beauty? One day I will sing of it,
when the light I don’t disbelieve in falls
on the dark that hems us in like a wall
and you reach, O joy, your kingdom.

In the meantime let me speak:
let sadness be the revenge I drink
until the wall cracks and the night bursts.

My voice of death is the voice of struggle:
those who, trusting, delve into their suffering,
have a hope whose glory is of higher worth

Translated by Richard Zenith 1997 do
original:

Acusam-me de mágoa e desalento,
como se toda a pena dos meus versos
não fosse carne vossa, homens dispersos,
e a minha dor a tua, pensamento.

Hei-de cantar-vos a beleza um dia,
quando a luz que não nego abrir o escuro
da noite que nos cerca como um muro,
e chegares a teus reinos, alegria.

Entretanto, deixai que me não cale:
até que o muro fenda, a treva estale,
seja a tristeza o vinho da vingança.

A minha voz de morte é a voz da luta:
se quem confia a própria dor perscruta,
maior glória tem em ter esperança.

Carlos de Oliveira

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1097 - Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I.
1109 - Alfonso VI of Castile dies.
1277 - Baibars, dies. Mameluk sultan of Egypt
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1646 - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, was born (d. 1716). German mathematician and philosopher.
1690 - Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Julian calendar.

1705 - Morte do compositor italiano Giovanni Andrea Bontempi
1708 - Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia dies (stabbed to death)
1782 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom dies (b. 1730)
1782 - American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
1784 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, dies (b. 1710). German composer.
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1819 - Jemima Wilkinson, dies. Preacher
1836 - No Chile, Joaquín Prieto é reeleito presidente.

1854 - Uma centena de importantes comerciantes de Buenos Aires fundam a atual Bolsa da capital argentina.
1858 - The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.
1862 - Russian State Library is founded
1863 - American Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg begins.
1863 - William Stairs, was born (d. 1892). lorer.
1867 - The British North America Act takes effect as the constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation; John A. Macdonald sworn as first Prime Minister.
1867 - Abolição da pena de morte em Portugal para todos os crimes civis.
1870 - The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
1872 - Nasceu o aviador francês Louis Blériot.
1872 - Louis Blériot, was born (d. 1936). French aviation pioneer
1873 - Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.
1876 - O Colorado tornou-se o oitavo Estado da união dos Estados Unidos da América.

1876 - Morre Mijail A. Bakunin, anarquista russo.
1878 - Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
1879 - William Strunk Jr., was born (d. 1946). Grammarian
1881 - General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Army's organisation, came into effect.
1881 - World's first international telephone call, between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, USA.
1885 - United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.

1888 - Pedro José Cevallos assume a presidência do Equador
1890 - Canada and Bermuda linked by telegraph cable.
1894 - Allan Pinkerton, dies. American private detective
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1899 - Thomas A. Dorsey, was born (d. 23 Jan 1993). ‘Father of Gospel Music’: musician: pianist; blues composer; gospel music composer: composed over 1,000 gospel songs;
1902 - William Wyler, was born (d. 27 Jul 1981). three-time Academy Award-winning director: Funny Girl, Ben Hur, The Big Country, Friendly Persuasion, Roman Holiday, Carrie, Wuthering Heights;

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1904 - Games of the III Olympiad open in Saint Louis, Missouri.
1906 - Estée Lauder, was born (d. 2004). Cosmetics pioneer.

1906 - Fundación del Club Talleres de Remedios de Escalada de Argentina
1908 - Peg Entwistle, was born (d. 1932). Actress.
1909 - Bill Stern, was born. Sportscaster
1911 - No Perú, o americano Hiram Bingham descobriu as ruinas da cidade sagrada dos incas Machu Picchu

1911 - Fundação do Club Atlético Nueva Chicago - Argentina
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1914 - Em Londres, o cientista Archibald Low apresentou um aparelho para emissão de imagens à distância, a que deu o nome de "televisão"

1914 - Fundação do Americano Futebol Clube de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
1915 - Fundação do Olaria Atlético Clube do estado de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

1916 - First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 20,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed, and 40,000 wounded.

1916 -Lei Seca nos Estados Unidos: 24 estados americanos proibiram as bebidas alcóolicas, em um prenúncio da Lei Seca. A 18° emenda entrou em vigor em 1920 e durou quase 14 anos, proibindo a fabricação, transporte, venda ou porte de qualquer bebida alcóolica. A clandestinidade fez proliferar os gangsters e a corrupção policial
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1917 - Rolf Rodenstock, was born (d. 1977). Industrialist.
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1923 - Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
1925 - Erik Satie, dies. French composer .

1925 - António Maria da Silva assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal

1927 - Inauguración del estadio de Cerro Porteño de Paraguay, en donde hoy se ubica el Santuario Nacional del Perpetuo Socorro.

1928 - O general Alvaro Obregón é eleito presidente do México.

1930 - Bobby Day, was born (d. 27 Jul 1990). Singer.
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1931 - Official opening of Milan Central Station.
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1935 - Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in On-to-Ottawa-Trek.
1941 - Twyla Tharp,was born. Choreographer
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1942 - Andraé Crouch was born. Singer, conductor, actor
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1944 - Tanya Savicheva, dies. Russian diarist
1945 - Deborah Harry, was born. Musician, (Blondie)
1946 - June Montiero, was born. Singer formerly of the group the Toys

1946 - Nascimento de Mireya Elisa Moscoso de Arias . Presidente do Panamá.
1947 - The Australian real estate franchise L. J. Hooker lists on the Australian Stock Exchange
1948 - Official opening of New York International Airport (now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild.
1950 - Eliel Saarinen, dies (b. 1873). Finnish architect, father of Eero Saarinen.
1951 - Fred Schneider, was born. Keyboardist, The B-52's
1952 - Dan Aykroyd, was born. Actor
1957 - The International Geophysical Year begins (until December 31, 1958).
1958 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
1958 - Flooding of the St. Lawrence Seaway begins.

1959 - Morte de Tomás Monje. Presidente da Bolívia (1946-1947)
1960 - Independence of Somalia.
1960 - Evelyn King was born in Bronx, New York. American soul/dance singer.
1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales, was born (d. 31 Ago 1997)
1961 - Carl Lewis, was born. American athletics legend, nine-time Olympic Olympic Gold Medalist: long jump [1996], long jump and 4x100 relay [1992], 100 meter in 9.93 seconds, a world record, long jump, 4x100 meter relay [1988], 100 meter & 200 meter sprints, long jump &amp; 4x100 meter relay [1984]; Olympic Hall of Famer; AP Male Athlete of the Year [1983, 1984]
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1961- Louis-Ferdinand Céline, dies (b. 1894). French writer.
1962 - Independence of Rwanda.
1962 - Independence of Burundi.

1962 - Julio Adalberto Rivera assume a presidência de El Salvador
1963 - ZIP Code introduced for United States mail.
1963 - The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
1963 - U.S President John F. Kennedy arrives in Rome
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1965 - Wally Hammond, dies.English cricketer.
1965 - Harald Zwart, was born. Norwegian film director .
1966 - First colour television transmission in Canada, from Toronto.
1967 - Pamela Anderson, was born. Actress: Baywatch, Raw Justice, Playboy’s Babes of Baywatch, Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon, Cribs
1967 - The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.

1967 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández assume a presidência de El Salvador
1968 - The CIA's Phoenix Program is officially established.
1968 - Nuclear non-proliferation treaty signed by about sixty countries in Geneva, Switzerland.
1968 - Formal separation of the United Auto Workers with the AFL-CIO.
1969 - Rock group The Band release their influential debut Music From Big Pink.
1969 - O príncipe Carlos de Inglaterra é investido como Príncipe de Gales, no Castelo de Caernarvon.
1971 - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, hip hop artist .
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1972 - Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Raspe and Holger Meins of the Red Army Faction are captured in Frankfurt after a shootout with the police.
1973 - Jesus Christ Superstar closed in New York City after 720 performances on Broadway. The cast album quickly became a million-seller.
1974 - Juan Domingo Perón, dies (b. 1895). President of Argentina. Maria Estela Martinez de Perón succeeds him into the Presidency.

1974 - Portugal restabece relações diplomáticas com a Hungria

1976 - Início dos XXI Jogos Olímpicos, em Montreal (Canadá).
1976 - Patrick Kluivert, was born. Dutch football player.
1976 - Ruud van Nistelrooy, was born. Dutch football player.
1977 - Jarome Iginla, was born. NHL hockey player.
1977 - Liv Tyler, was born. Model, actress: Silent Fall, Heavy, That Thing You Do!, Armageddon, Cookie’s Fortune, Lord of the Rings series
1979 - Sony introduces the Walkman.
1980 - O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
1981 - Carlos de Oliveira, dies (b. 1921). Portuguese writer.
1982 - Carmella DeCesare, was born in Avon Lake, Ohio. American model who was Playboy's Playmate of the Year for 2004.
1983 - A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashed into the Fouta Djall Mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
1983 - R. Buckminster Fuller ,dies. American architect and philosopher
1984 - Moshe Feldenkrais, dies. Ukrainian-born educator
1986 - In an interview with Playboy magazine, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke comes out as a bisexual.
1987 - Excavation begins on the Channel Tunnel.
1988 - Bologna, Italy: Quartetto Cetra's last concert after over forty years' musical career.
1990 - East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.

1991 - Morte do escritor brasileiro Paulo Mendes Campos
1991 - The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved.
1991 - Michael Landon, dies (b. 1936). American actor, director, and producer.
1995 - Wolfman Jack, dies (b. 1939). Radio personality.
1996 - William T. Cahill, dies. Governor of New Jersey .

1996 - Morte da modelo americana Margaux Hemingway
1997 - Robert Mitchum, dies. American actor
1997 - The United Kingdom hands sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
1999 - At the first meeting of the Scottish Parliament in nearly three centuries, Winnie Ewing opened with the famous words, "The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25th day of March in the year 1707, is hereby reconvened."

1999 - Morte de Viktor Chebrikov, comandante da KGB (serviço secreto russo) 1982-1988.
1999 - Edward Dmytryk, dies. Director

1999 - Morre Joshua Nkomo, um dos líderes da independência do Zimbabue.
1999 - Forrest Mars Sr., dies. American candy magnate
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2000 - Walter Matthau, dies. American actor
2000 - Vermont's civil unions law goes into effect.

2000 - Mais de 300 mil pessoas celebram na localidade cubana de Manzanillo o regresso do menino Elián González, que naufragou em frente a costa da Flórida, vindo de Cuba e cuja custódia foi, durante sete meses, uma batalha legal entre Cuba e EUA.

2001 - Morre Nikolai Básov, físico russo, um dos inventores do laser e prêmio Nobel de física em 1964.

2001 - A Selecção brasileira perde para o Uruguai (1 -0) na estreia do técnico Luiz Felipe Scolari
2002 - A Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over southern Germany, killing 71.
2003 - 500,000 people take part in a march in Hong Kong to protest, amongst other things, the government's handling of the plans to implement a new anti-subversion law required under Article 23 of Hong Kong's Basic Law. )
2003 - Herbie Mann, dies. American jazz flutist
2003 - Wesley Mouzon, dies. boxer
2003 - N!xau, dies. Namibian bushman who appeared in The Gods Must Be Crazy
2004 - Marlon Brando, dies. American actor
2004 - 530,000 people take part in a march in Hong Kong to urge for faster pace of democratisation and universal suffrage, according to Article 45 and Article 68 of Hong Kong's Basic Law.

2003 - O jogador inglês David Beckham assina contrato com o Real Madrid
2004 - Saturn Orbit Insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UT and ends at 02:48 UT.
2005 - Microsoft plans to end official support of Windows 2000
2005 - Make Poverty HistoryDay and Live8 Concert. ).
2005 - United Kingdom takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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