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 8th in History
"A Trip to the Moon" director George Melies is born, along with Popeye creator E. C. Segar, James Thurber, Sammy Davis Jr., Flip Wilson, David Carradine, and Jim Morrison. Golda Meir, John Lennon, and Bozo the Clown died. Oh, and the Soviet Union was abolished. Happy Rohatsu!
Read MoreDecember 9th in History
The Virgin of Guadalupe appears, smallpox is eradicated, and Herman Hollerith installs a computer at the War Department. it's the birthday of John Milton, Clarence Birdseye, Emmett Kelly, Margaret Hamilton, Kirk Douglas, and Redd Foxx; Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Wrong Way Corrigan die. Happy Weary Willie Day!
Read MoreDecember 10th in History
Edward VIII can't go on without the woman he loves! In other news, Henry VIII executes two of his wife's lovers, the Vin Fiz completes the first transcontinental flight, and Mighty Mouse comes to save the day. It's the birthday of Ada Lovelace, Emily Dickinson, and Dorothy Lamour; Alfred Nobel, Damon Runyon, Otis Redding, and Richard Pryor die. Happy Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales!
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