February 6th in History

Michael Dobson | February 6

Elizabeth II becomes Queen! Adam Weishaupt, Aaron Burr, Babe Ruth, Ronald Reagan, Eva Braun, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Bob Marley are born; Arthur Ashe, Jack Kirby, and Frankie Laine die. Happy Waitangi Day!

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March 13th in History

Michael Dobson | March 13

Uranus is discovered; schoolchildren everywhere snicker. In other news, the liquidation of the Krakow Ghetto begins, Kitty Genovese is murdered, and Apollo 9 returns to Earth. It's the birthday of airport namesake Butch O'Hare, scientologist L. Ron Hubbard, and tea drinker Earl Grey. RIP Clarence Darrow, Susan B. Anthony, shattering cannonball inventor Henry Shrapnel, and Robert Baker, who invented the chicken nugget. Happy Monkey Festival!

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March 14th in History

Michael Dobson | March 14

3.14...must be Pi Day! In other news, Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald and the British build a 22,000 lb. earthquake bomb. It's the birthday of astronauts Eugene Cernan and Frank Borman, along with Michael Caine, Quincy Jones, Casey Jones, and Albert Einstein! RIP to Busby Berkeley, Karl Marx, and Balto the Sled Dog.

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