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 16th in History

Michael Dobson | July 16

The Islamic calendar and the Atomic Age begin, Apollo 11 takes off, and the world's first parking meter is installed. Mary Baker Eddy, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Orville Redenbacher, and Ginger Rogers are born; Anne of Cleves, Mary Todd Lincoln, and JFK Jr. die. Happy World Snake Day!

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July 17th in History

Michael Dobson | July 17

"Wrong Way" Corrigan takes off, Disneyland opens, and Handel's Water Music premiers! Erle Stanley Gardner, Jimmy Cagney, Phyllis Diller, and David Hasselhoff are born; Adam Smith, Billie Holiday, Ty Cobb, Dizzy Dean, Mickey Spillane, and Walter Cronkite die. Happy World Emoji Day!

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July 18th in History

Michael Dobson | July 18

Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, the Me262 jet fighter flies, and Ted Kennedy drives Mary Jo Kopechne home. Machine Gun Kelly, Red Skelton, John Glenn, and Nelson Mandela are born; John Paul Jones, Jane Austen, Horatio Alger, and Machine Gun Kelly die. Happy Caviar Day!

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