September 19th in History
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!
Read MoreThe Ides of March in Ancient Rome
Et tu, Brute? Caesar is killed on the floor of the Roman Senate, March 15, 44 BCE.
Read MoreMarch 15th in History
Caesar stabbed! Plus, Maine secedes from Massachusetts and Germany is reunified. It's the birthday of will.i.am, Jimmy Swaggart, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harry James, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Andrew Jackson. RIP Benjamin Spock, Ari Onassis, Lester Young, and H. P. Lovecraft. Happy Дзень Канстытуцы!
Read MoreMarch 16th in History
Massacre in My Lai, Nebuchadnezzar captures Jerusalem to begin the Babylonian Captivity, Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, and Mississippi outlaws slavery...in 1995. It's the birthday of Jerry Lewis, Pat Nixon, Josef Mengele, Henny Youngman, and Georg Ohm; RIP Arthur Godfrey, T. Bone Walker, Judge Roy Bean, and Emperor Tiberius of Rome. In Latvia, it's the Day of the Book Smugglers; in parts of Minnesota it's St. Urdu's Day, celebrating the hero who drove the grasshoppers from Finland!
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