November 8th in History

Cortes pays a friendly visit to Moctezuma, X-rays are discovered, and Hitler's new song Beer Barrel Putsch fails to chart. Milton Bradley, Bram Stoker, and Herman Rorschach are born; Doc Holliday and Norman Rockwell die. Happy Dunce Day!

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April 22nd in History

The Oklahoma Land Rush begins! Plus, the first NL baseball game is played, the New York World's Fair opens, and the first solo sailboat nonstop 'round the world trip finishes. Queen Isabella, Immanuel Kant, Bettie Page, and Jack Nicholson are born; Cervantes, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Richard Nixon, and Linda Lovelace die. Happy Earth Day!

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April 23rd in History

New Coke is released! (It does not go well.) It's the birthday of Max Planck, Shirley Temple, Roy Orbison, Sandra Dee, and Timothy McVeigh; Saint George, Aethelred the Unready, William Shakespeare, Buster Crabbe, and Boris Yeltsin died. Happy Vinalia Urbana!

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April 24th in History

Always look a gift horse in the mouth! Troy falls to the Greeks and Annie Oakley joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. It's the birthday of Shirley MacLaine, Sue Grafton, and Barbra Streisand; Daniel Defoe, Bud Abbott, and Wallis Simpson die. Happy Kapyong Day!

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