March 22nd in History

Michael Dobson | March 22

The US Supreme Court finally legalizes sex between unmarried people...in 1972! In other news, Parliament punishes those pesky colonials with a Stamp Act, the laser is patented, and Comet Hale-Bopp gets closest to Earth. It's the birthday of Andrew Lloyd Weber and Stephen Sondheim, along with William Shatner, Marcel Marceau, and Chico Marx. Uncle Dave Mason, the "Dixie Dewdrop" died, along with Goethe and Stephen Decatur. Happy Puerto Rican Emancipation Day!

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January 31st in History

Michael Dobson | January 31

The Soviets exile Leon Trotsky, Ham the Chimp reaches space, and Scotch Tape goes on the market! Zane Grey, Tallulah Bankhead, Jackie Robinson, Mario Lanza, and Norman Mailer are born; Guy Fawkes and A. A. Milne die. Happy Amartihi!

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February 1st in History

Michael Dobson | February 1

Slavery is abolished in the US! In other news, the first Greensboro sit-in begins, the Beatles have their first #1 US hit, and the space shuttle Columbia breaks up during reentry. Clark Gable and Boris Yeltsin are born; Mary Shelley, Buster Keaton, and Werner Heisenberg die. Happy Imbolc!

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February 2nd in History

Michael Dobson | February 2

It's Groundhog Day...again! In other news, Grand Central Station opens, Balto completes the serum run to Nome, and the Battle of Stalingrad ends. Happy birthday to Howard Johnson, Ayn Rand, James Joyce, and Red Schoendienst; RIP Gene Kelly, Sid Vicious, Boris Karloff, and John L. Sullivan. And a very happy Liichtmëssdag to all!

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