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 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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July 9th in History

Michael Dobson | July 9

Andy Warhol displays soup cans and Nintendo releases Donkey Kong! Barbara Cartland, O. J. Simpson, and Courtney Love are born; King Gillette and Earl Warren die. Happy Nunavut Day!

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July 10th in History

Michael Dobson | July 10

The first communications satellite is launched! In other news, England gets a nine-day queen and the Scopes Trial begins. James McNeill Whistler, Nikola Tesla, Marcel Proust, and Mr. Wizard are born; Louis Daguerre and Mel Blanc die. Happy Silence Day!

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