November 11th in History

Michael Dobson | November 11

Atlanta burns, World War I ends, and the US introduces numbered highways! Dostoyevsky and Patton are born; Typhoid Mary and Nat Turner die. Happy Origami Day!

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July 3rd in History

Michael Dobson | July 3

Auks become extinct! In other news, George Washington takes command of the Continental Army and Pickett charges at Gettysburg. George M. Cohan, Franz Kafka, and Admiral Spruance are born; Trigger, Jim Morrison, Don Drysdale, and Andy Griffith die. Happy Myanmar Women's Day!

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July 4th in History

Michael Dobson | July 4

Construction begins on the Erie Canal! In other news, light from the Crab Nebula supernova reaches Earth and Lewis Carroll tells Alice a story. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hiram Walker, Stephen Foster, Calvin Coolidge, and Ann Landers are born; Barry White, Eva Gabor, and Thomas Jefferson die. Happy US Independence Day!

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