September 23rd in History

Michael Dobson | September 23

John Paul Jones doesn't give up the ship! Augustus, Kublai Khan, Mickey Rooney, John Coltrane, Ray Charles, and Bruce Springsteen are born; Sigmund Freud, Pablo Neruda, and Robert Bloch die. Happy Kyrgyz Language Day!

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October 16th in History

Michael Dobson | October 16
Beheading of Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette loses her head! In other news, John Brown raids Harper's Ferry, Noah Webster and Manute Bol are born, Gene Krupa and James Michener die, and it's Dictionary Day!

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October 17th in History

Michael Dobson | October 17
1964 New York World's Fair

The London Beer Flood kills nine! In other news, Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion, Rita Hayworth is born, Tennessee Ernie Ford dies, and it's Dessalines Day in Haiti!

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