November 7th in History

Michael Dobson | November 7

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are killed in Bolivia! In other news, Marie Curie and Leon Trotsky are born, Eleanor Roosevelt and Steve McQueen die. Happy Notary Public Day!

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March 20th in History

Michael Dobson | March 20

MacArthur says, "I shall return!" In other news, Uncle Tom's Cabin is published, the invasion of Iraq begins, and an attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne is foiled when she says "Not bloody likely!" after being ordered out of her car. It's the birthday of Spike Lee, Carl Reiner, Ozzie Nelson, B. F. Skinner, Ibsen, and Ovid; RIP Chet Huntley and Henry IV. Happy World Sparrow Day!

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March 21st in History

Michael Dobson | March 21

Civil rights marchers finally leave Selma, Alcatraz closes, the NFL is desegregated, and the first rock concert takes place. It's the birthday of Rosie O'Donnel, Timothy Dalton, and Julio Gallo; Pocahontas and Pinetop Perkins died, as did Archbishop Ussher, who calculated that creation took place Sunday, October 23, 4004 BCE. Happy World Puppetry Day!

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March 22nd in History

Michael Dobson | March 22

The US Supreme Court finally legalizes sex between unmarried people...in 1972! In other news, Parliament punishes those pesky colonials with a Stamp Act, the laser is patented, and Comet Hale-Bopp gets closest to Earth. It's the birthday of Andrew Lloyd Weber and Stephen Sondheim, along with William Shatner, Marcel Marceau, and Chico Marx. Uncle Dave Mason, the "Dixie Dewdrop" died, along with Goethe and Stephen Decatur. Happy Puerto Rican Emancipation Day!

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