February 13th in History
The Negro National Baseball League is founded, the Nashville civil rights sit-ins begin, and the largest diamond in the universe is discovered! Bess Truman, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Chuck Yeager, Kim Novak, and Jerry Springer are born; Cotton Mather and Waylon Jennings die. Happy World Radio Day!
Read MoreDecember 2nd in History
Napoleon is crowned John Brown is hanged, and Joseph McCarthy is censured. It's the birthday of Charles Ringling, Maria Callas, and Britney Spears; the Marquis de Sade, Desi Arnaz, and Pablo Escobar died. Happy Safety Razor Day!
Read MoreDecember 3rd in History
Galileo invents the telescope, Illinois becomes a state, and the Bhopal Union Carbide plant leaks. It's the birthday of Charles Pillsbury, Carlos Montoya, and Katarina Witt; Robert Louis Stevenson and Mary Baker Eddy die. Happy National Apple Pie Day!
Read MoreDecember 4th in History
George Washington's Farewell Speech, the Million Dollar Quartet jams, and Led Zeppelin disbands. Generalissimo Francisco Franco, black sheep Pappy Boyington, and Jay-Z are born; Omar Khayyam, Cardinal Richelieu, and Frank Zappa die. Happy Bona Dea!
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