February 5th in History

Michael Dobson | February 5

Largest gold nugget in history discovered and Bakelite invented! Hank Aaron and H. R. Giger are born; Banjo Patterson and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi die. Happy World Nutella Day!

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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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March 12th in History

Michael Dobson | March 12

The Girl Scouts USA are founded, FDR makes a fireside chat, Bernie Madoff pleads guilty, and there's a problem at the Fukushima power plan. Happy birthday to Darryl Strawberry, James Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Buckwheat, along with no-first-names-needed Kerouac, Nijinsky, Boycott, and Studebaker. RIP Woody Hayes, Charlie Parker, George Westinghouse, and John "Fredo" Cazale. Happy Graekarismessa!

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