Welcome to another episode of Today in History — I’m Sen, your host.

From poetry and paintings to laws on same-sex marriage, I have three interesting events for you from this day in the past.

Try and listen to them twice. On this first listen, just try and focus on the sounds and rhythm of what is being said.

Here we go.

On July 22, 1849, the poet and essayist Emma Lazarus was born in New York City. She became renowned for her poem “The New Colossus”, which is inscribed inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. She was also a dedicated activist for Jewish causes, supporting Jewish immigrants arriving in the U.S.

On the same day in 1977, Chinese painter and sculptor Pan Yuliang died at the age of 82. After becoming one of Shanghai Art School’s first female graduates, Pan Yuliang quickly stood out for her paintings of the nude female form. Her works, often self-portraits, were colorful and intimate. They featured women not as objects, but as true individual subjects in everyday life. After her death, her wish was for more than 4000 of her pieces to be sent to a museum in her husband’s hometown of Anhui, China.

On July 22, 2010, Argentina legalized same-sex marriage. It became the first Latin American country to do so. The same bill granted same-sex couples the right to adopt children.

Now, rewind, and hear it all again. This time, try to focus more on the meaning of the words. See how much of the episode you can understand.

That’s it for this episode of Today in History. Be sure to join me tomorrow for some more historical facts!