November 5th in History

Michael Dobson | November 5

Remember, remember the 5th of November — Guy Fawkes Day, commemorating the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot! In other news, Susan B. Anthony is arrested for voting, Roy Rogers and Art Garfunkel are born, and George M. Cohan and Al Capp die.

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February 14th in History

Michael Dobson | February 14

Will you be my Valentine? Not if it's the Valentine's Day Massacre! In other news, Dresden is bombed, Jackie leads a televised tour of the White House, and YouTube is launched. Happy Birthday Jack Benny, Carl Bernstein, Murray the K, John Barrymore, Jimmy Hoffa, and Babur; RIP Vito Genovese, P. G. Wodehouse, William Tecumseh Sherman, Richard II, and the real James Bond. Happy Lui Ngai Ni!

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February 15th in History

Michael Dobson | February 15

Remember the Maine! In other news, serum reaches Nome, Alaska, and Singapore falls to the Japanese. Galileo and Susan B. Anthony are born; Ethel Merman and Richard Feynman die. Happy Lupercalia!

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February 16th in History

Michael Dobson | February 16

Prohibition ends, Castro takes office and the last MASH unit decommissions. Edgar Bergen, Vera-Ellen, and Kim Jong-Il are born; Keith Haring, Lesley Gore, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali die. Happy Almond Day!

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