February 12th in History

The NAACP is founded, the USS Macon crashes, and The Scream is stolen. Cotton Mather, Charles Darwin, and Abraham Lincoln are born; Immanuel Kant, Tom Landry, and Charles M. Schultz die. Happy Red Hand Day!

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November 10th in History

"Dr. Livingston, I presume?" Plus, the Edmund Fitzgerald sinks, Martin Luther and Richard Burton are born, and Norman Mailer and Dino De Laurentiis die. Happy National Vanilla Cupcake Day!

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November 11th in History

Atlanta burns, World War I ends, and the US introduces numbered highways! Dostoyevsky and Patton are born; Typhoid Mary and Nat Turner die. Happy Origami Day!

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November 12th in History

Loch Ness Monster photographed! Plus, a whale explodes in Oregon, Sun Yat-Sen and Charles Manson are born, King Canute and H. R. Haldeman die. Happy Azerbaijani Constitution Day!

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