March 29th in History

Michael Dobson | March 29

The Terracotta Warriors are discovered, the last "buzz bomb" attack takes place, the Rosenbergs and William Calley are convicted while Manson is sentenced to death — and, oh yes — Coke® was invented. Happy birthday to Eric Idle, Vincent "the Chin" Gigante, Pearl Bailey, Man o' War, Cy Young, and Tippecanoe's add-on. RIP Johnnie Cochran, Lee Atwater, Seurat, and Emanuel Swedenborg. Happy Día del Joven Combatiente!

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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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March 27th in History

Michael Dobson | March 27

Cherry trees planted in DC! In other news, Typhoid Mary is quarantined, two 747s collide in Tenerife, the US Navy is founded, and Viagra® is approved for sale. It's the birthday of Mariah Carey, Quentin Tarantino, Cale Yarborough, Sarah Vaughn, Carl Barks, and Patti Hill, co-author of the song "Happy Birthday." RIP Dudley Moore, Milton Berle, M. C. Escher, Henry Adams, and James VI and I. Happy National "Joe" Day!

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March 28th in History

Michael Dobson | March 28

Barnum and Bailey complete the Greatest Merger on Earth! In other news, Caligula becomes emperor, Constantinople becomes Istanbul, and there's trouble at Three Mile Island. Happy birthday to Lady Gaga, Reba McEntire, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Head Mouseketeer Jimmy Dodd, Maxim Gorky, and Frederick Pabst; RIP Earl Scruggs, Peter Ustinov, Maria von Trapp, Emmett Kelly, Dwight Eisenhower, Jim Thorpe, Virginia Woolfe, and Ivan the Terrible. Happy Tibetan Serf Liberation Day!

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