September 21st in History

Michael Dobson | September 21

Benedict Arnold gives the British plans for West Point, The Hobbit is published, and the first lucha libre match is held! H.G. Wells, Max Immelmann, Chuck Jones, Leonard Cohen, Fannie Flagg, Stephen King, and Bill Murray are born; Virgil, Sir Walter Scott, Walter Brennan, and Jacqueline Susann die. Happy Victory Over the Golden Horde in the Battle of Kulikovo 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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