February 8th in History

Michael Dobson | February 8

The last Skylab crew returns to Earth! Jules Verne, Lana Turner, James Dean, and John Grisham are born; Mary Queen of Scots, Peter the Great, and Anna Nicole Smith die. Happy Parinirvana 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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