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 19th in History

Michael Dobson | July 19

The X-15 reaches space! In other news, Lady Jane Grey loses the throne, the Seneca Falls Convention begins, and the first GPS signal is transmitted. Samuel Colt, Edgar Degas, and Lizzie Borden are born; Petrarch and James Garner die. Happy Flitch Day!

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July 20th in History

Michael Dobson | July 20

One small step! Apollo 11 lands on the Moon, the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights begins, and Hitler survives the Bomb Plot. Alexander the Great, Diana Rigg, and Carlos Santana are born; Pancho Villa, Bruce Lee, and James "Scotty" Doohan die. Happy Lempira's Day!

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July 21st in History

Michael Dobson | July 21

Jesse James robs a train and Wild Bill Hickok has a shootout! There's a battle at Bull Run, Scopes is found guilty, and Vietnam is partitioned. Ernest Hemingway, Don Knotts, Garry Trudeau, and Robin Williams are born; Robert Burns, Claus von Stauffenberg, Basil Rathbone, and Alan Shepard die. Happy Kazanskaya!

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