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![Black and white photograph of Adrienne Rich sitting at a desk, surrounded by piles of books.
Photo by Neal Boenzi [poetryfoundation.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/adrienneRich.jpg)
Adrienne Rich (1929 - 2012)May 16th, 1929
Adrienne Cecile Rich, born on this day in 1929, was a queer American poet, essayist, and feminist. "False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never on the news."
Image: Black and white photograph of Adrienne Rich sitting at a desk, surrounded by piles of books. Photo by Neal Boenzi [poetryfoundation.org]
Battle of Alamance (1771)May 16th, 1771
On this day in 1771, the North Carolina "Regulator" movement, a poor peasant uprising in colonial America, was crushed by the North Carolina militia in a clash known as the Battle of Alamance.