September 24th in History

Michael Dobson | September 24

Devil's Tower becomes the first US national monument, the Mormons renounce polygamy, and Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne to Little Rock. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Jim Henson are born; Paracelsus and Dr. Seuss die. Happy Mahidol Day!

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October 31st in History

Michael Dobson | October 31
Halloween

Happy Halloween! On this day, Martin Luther posts his 95 theses, Mount Rushmore is completed, John Keats and Dale Evans are born, and Harry Houdini and Federico Fellini die!

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November 1st in History

Michael Dobson | November 1

Sistine Chapel unveiled! In other news, the British government imposes a Stamp Tax on the colonies, the first bomb is dropped by an airplane in combat, Stephen Crane and Gary Player are born, Dale Carnegie and Ezra Pound die. Happy Coronation of the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Day!

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November 2nd in History

Michael Dobson | November 2

The "Spruce Goose" flies! In other news, Daniel Boone and Marie Antoinette are born, George Bernard Shaw and Mississippi John Hurt dies, and it's the Dia de Finados in Brazil and Portugal.

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