September 19th in History

Michael Dobson | September 19

First living creatures ascend in a balloon! Plus, the Unabomber manifesto and the first emoticons are published. Arthur Rackham, Adam West, Brian Epstein, Mama Cass, and Twiggy are born; Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Orville Redenbacher, and Jackie Collins die. Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Yaaar!

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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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