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 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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