September 21st in History
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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Nat Turner's rebellion is suppressed and the Stockholm syndrome gets its name. Louis XVI, Gene Kelly, Barbara Eden, Keith Moon, and Kobe Bryant are born; Caesarion, Sacco and Vanzetti, and Hoot Gibson die. Happy Umhlanga Day!
Read MoreAugust 23 in Aviation History
Airship ZR2 crashes, and there's an aviation disaster in Freckleton, England! Plus, the C-130 and the Gossamer Condor fly for the first time!
Read MoreAugust 24th in History
Mount Vesuvius erupts, the Gutenberg Bible is published, and Pete Rose is banned from baseball. Carlo Gambino, Yasser Arafat, and Cal Ripken, Jr., are born; Hanna Reitsch and Richard Attenborough die. Happy International Strange Music Day!
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