March 26th in History

Michael Dobson | March 26

Ground is broken for the Vietnam Memorial, he Book of Mormon is published, "gerrymander" is coined, and the Heaven's Gate cult heads for Hale-Bopp. Happy birthday to Diana Ross, Bob Woodward, Erica John, Leonard Nimoy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Tennessee Williams, Gucci, and Robert Frost; RIP Halston, Noël Coward, "Gorgeous George," Raymond Chandler, Sarah Bernhardt, Walt Whitman, and Beethoven. Happy Shadhinata Dibôsh!

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February 12th in History

Michael Dobson | February 12

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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February 13th in History

Michael Dobson | February 13

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!

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