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 25th in History

Michael Dobson | July 25

James VI and I crowned, English Channel crossed by airplane, and Bob Dylan goes electric at Newport! Maxfield Parris, Walter Brennan, and Matt LeBlanc are born; Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Ben Hogan die. Happy Carousel Day!

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July 26th in History

Michael Dobson | July 26

France annexes Tahiti! G. B. Shaw, Carl Jung, Aldous Huxley, Gracie Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Mick Jagger, and Dorothy Hamill are born; Sam Houston, Winsor McCay, Eva Peron, George Gallup, and June Foray die. Happy Day of National Significance!

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July 27th in History

Michael Dobson | July 27

Korean War armistice signed! Plus, Macbeth is defeated at Dunsinane, Robespierre is arrested, and the first Geneva Convention is signed. Leo Durocher, Peggy Fleming, and Gary Gygax are born; Gertrude Stein, Frank Zamboni, and Bob Hope die. Happy National Scotch Day!

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