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 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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