November 5th in History

Michael Dobson | November 5

Remember, remember the 5th of November — Guy Fawkes Day, commemorating the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot! In other news, Susan B. Anthony is arrested for voting, Roy Rogers and Art Garfunkel are born, and George M. Cohan and Al Capp die.

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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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