March 30th in History

Michael Dobson | March 30

Vincent van Gogh is born! So are Céline Dion, M. C. Hammer, Warren Beatty, and Goya; the Queen Mother, Maxfield Parrish, and Jimmy Cagney die. Also, the Sixth Coalition takes Paris, forcing Napoleon to abdicate; the Crimean War ends, the US buys Alaska, Reagan is shot, and Jeopardy! premiers! Happy Pencil Day!

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May 8th in History

Michael Dobson | May 8

Coca-Cola goes on sale! In other news, Nazi Germany surrenders and Mount Everest is climbed without supplemental oxygen. It's the birthday of Harry Truman and Ricky Nelson; Robert Heinlein and Maurice Sendak die. Happy White Lotus Day!

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May 9th in History

Michael Dobson | May 9

Peter Pan's creator is born! In other news, the Royal Navy captures an Enigma machine and the head of the FCC says television is a "vast wasteland." It's the birthday of abolitionist John Brown and Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston; cereal maker C. W. Post and mountaineer Tenzing Norway die. Happy Romanian Independence Day!

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May 10th in History

Michael Dobson | May 10

The Golden Spike is driven! In other news, the Supreme Court declares tomatoes to be vegetables and J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the FBI. It's the birthday of John Wilkes Booth, Fred Astaire, and Bono; Paul Revere and Stonewall Jackson die. Happy Micronesian Constitution Day!

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