March 31st in History

Michael Dobson | March 31

The Eiffel Tower opens! In other news, the British close Boston Harbor following the Tea Party, the NCAA is formed, and the first WrestleMania takes place. Happy birthday to Descartes, Bach, Leo Buscaglia, Liz Claiborne, Herb Alpert, Barney Frank, and Rhea Perlman; the bell tolls for John Donne, John C. Calhoun, and J.P "John" Morgan, along with non-Johns Charlotte Brontë, Knute Rockne, and Jesse Owens. Happy Bunsen Burner Day!

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July 6th in History

Michael Dobson | July 6

First airship to cross the Atlantic! Another news, Pasteur tests his smallpox vaccine and Lennon and McCartney meet for the first time. John Paul Jones, Nancy Reagan, Bill Haley, Burt Ward, George W. Bush, Sylvester Stallone, and 50 Cent are born; Sir Thomas More, William Faulkner, Louis Armstrong, Roy Rogers, and Buddy Ebsen die. Happy Ludi Apollinaires!

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July 7th in History

Michael Dobson | July 7

First Ziegfeld Follies! In other news, sliced bread goes on sale for the first time and Howard Hughes crashes his plane in a Beverly Hills neighborhood. Gustav Mahler, Robert Heinlein, and Ringo Starr are born, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ub Iwerks, and Veronica Lake die. Happy Saba Saba Day!

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July 8th in History

Michael Dobson | July 8

Commodore Perry reaches Japan! Ferdinand von Zeppelin and John D. Rockefeller are born; Percy Bysshe Shelley and Ernest Borgnine die. Happy Peter and Fevronia Day!

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