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 11th in History

Michael Dobson | July 11

Burr duels Hamilton! In other news, Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut and To Kill a Mockingbird is published. Robert the Bruce, John Quincy Adams, Cordwainer Smith, and Yul Brynner are born; George Gershwin, John W. Campbell Jr., Laurence Olivier, and Lady Bird Johnson die. Happy Eleventh Knight!

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July 12th in History

Michael Dobson | July 12

The Rolling Stones play their first concert! Henry David Thoreau, Buckminster Fuller, Milton Berle, and Kristi Yamaguchi are born, Ole Evinrude, Alfred Dreyfus, Lon Chaney Jr., and Harvey Pekar die. Happy Glorious Twelfth!

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July 13th in History

Michael Dobson | July 13

First round-trip transatlantic crossing! Plus, the New York Draft Riots begin, the Hollywood sign is dedicated, and Sinatra cuts his first record. Julius Caesar, Patrick Stewart, Harrison Ford, and Erno Rubik are born; General Leslie Groves and Red Buttons die. Happy Hungarian Inventors Day!

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