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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August 3rd in History

Michael Dobson | August 3

Jesse Owens wins at the Berlin Olympics! Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil $30 million and bans the Black Sox, and Chambers says Hiss is a spy. Ernie Pyle and John Scopes are born; Flannery O'Connor and Lenny Bruce die. Happy Watermelon Day!

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August 4th in History

Michael Dobson | August 4

Dom Perignon invents champagne! Lizzie Borden's parents are murdered, as are three civil rights workers in Mississippi. Percy Bysshe Shelley and Louis Armstrong are born; Hans Christian Andersen and Pearl White die. Happy Matica Slovenska Day!

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August 5th in History

Michael Dobson | August 5

Harry Houdini escapes! In other news, the Mayflower leaves England and the US Army abolishes flogging. The Elephant Man, Neil Armstrong, Loni Anderson, and Patrick Ewing are born; Friedrich Engels and Marilyn Monroe die. Happy National Underwear Day!

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