March 27th in History

Michael Dobson | March 27

Cherry trees planted in DC! In other news, Typhoid Mary is quarantined, two 747s collide in Tenerife, the US Navy is founded, and Viagra® is approved for sale. It's the birthday of Mariah Carey, Quentin Tarantino, Cale Yarborough, Sarah Vaughn, Carl Barks, and Patti Hill, co-author of the song "Happy Birthday." RIP Dudley Moore, Milton Berle, M. C. Escher, Henry Adams, and James VI and I. Happy National "Joe" Day!

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March 9th in History

Michael Dobson | March 9

Monitor vs. Merrimac! Plus, Muhammad preaches his farewell sermon, Pancho Villa attacks New Mexico, Barbie® debuts, and the most destructive bombing raid in history kills over 100,000 people in Tokyo. Happy birthday to Bobby Fisher, Yuri Gagarin, Mickey Spillane, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Amerigo Vespucci. RIP George Burns, Menachem Begin, and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Happy Eid Al Moalim!

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March 10th in History

Michael Dobson | March 10

Bell summons Watson, Gandhi is arrested, and James Earl Ray confesses to killing MLK. It's the birthday of Sharon Stone, Osama bin Laden, Chuck Norris, and Bix Beiderbecke; Lloyd Bridges, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Harriet Tubman died. Happy Tibetan Uprising Day!

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March 11th in History

Michael Dobson | March 11

FDR signs Lend-Lease, Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor, and Rigoletto premiers! It's the birthday of Joey Buttafuoco, Douglas Adams, Antonin Scalia, Rupert Murdoch, Lawrence Welk, and Shemp Howard. RIP Philo Farnsworth, Erle Stanley Garner, Oscar Mayer, and Pharaoh Thutmose III (above). And in Lesotho, it's Moshoeshoe Day!

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