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 24th in History

Michael Dobson | March 24

Tokugawa becomes Shogun! In other news, the Great Escape begins, Elvis is drafted, and the Exxon Valdez has a slight accident. Peyton Manning, Tommy Hilfinger, Steve McQueen, Clyde Barrow, Ub Iwerks, Fatty Arbuckle, and Houdini are born; Field Marshal Montgomery, Jules Verne, Longfellow, Queen Elizabeth I, and Harun al-Rashid die.

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March 25th in History

Michael Dobson | March 25

Venice is founded, Richard Lionhearted is fatally wounded, the British abolish the slave trade, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company catches fire, the Scottsboro Boys are arrested, and the Selma Marchers reach Montgomery. Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Gloria Steinem, Flannery O'Connor, Howard Cosell, and Jack Ruby are born; Buck Owens, and Claude Debussy died — along with the guy everybody imitates when they pretend to talk like a pirate, Robert Newton, who played Long John Silver. Happy Våffeldagen!

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March 26th in History

Michael Dobson | March 26

Ground is broken for the Vietnam Memorial, he Book of Mormon is published, "gerrymander" is coined, and the Heaven's Gate cult heads for Hale-Bopp. Happy birthday to Diana Ross, Bob Woodward, Erica John, Leonard Nimoy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Tennessee Williams, Gucci, and Robert Frost; RIP Halston, Noël Coward, "Gorgeous George," Raymond Chandler, Sarah Bernhardt, Walt Whitman, and Beethoven. Happy Shadhinata Dibôsh!

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