宋理宗趙昀淳祐三年(1243年),雅羅斯拉夫二世·弗謝沃洛多維奇(俄語:Ярослав II Всеволодович,1191年2月8日-1246年9月30日)去謁見金帳汗國的創立者拔都(蒙古語:ᠪᠠᠲᠣ; 西里爾字母:Бат,1208年-1255年,鐵木真之孫,術赤的次子),被立為蒙古人的政治傀儡,名義上的羅斯人最高領袖。 雅羅斯拉夫·弗謝沃洛多維奇成為莫斯科大公王朝和特維爾大公王朝的始祖。
美洲
明成祖朱棣永樂二十一年(1423年)10月8日(九月初四),周滿(1507年1566年,字謙之,號受庵,一號拘虛子,四川松潘衛官籍成都府漢州人)艦隊結束遠航,回到南京。 加文·孟席斯(Gavin Menzies,出生名:Rowan Gavin Paton Menzies,1937年8月14日-2020年4月12日。 曾任英國皇家海軍潛水艇艦長)寫的《1421年中國發現世界》(1421 The Year China Discovered the World)認為周滿的艦隊於本次航行中,在1421年(明成祖朱棣永樂十九年,辛醜年牛年)到過美洲。 不過加文·孟席斯沒有提供有力的證據,航行記錄已經被明朝兵部尚書劉大夏(1436年-1516年,字時雍,號東山,自號東山居士,湖廣華容縣[今屬湖南]人)燒毀。
8月28日,小馬丁·路德·金(英語:Martin Luther King, Jr.,1929年1月15日-1968年4月4日)在林肯紀念堂前,發表了《我有一個夢想》(I Have a Dream)。
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.——Martin Luther King, Jr.,I Have a Dream,8/28/1963