November 12th in History

Michael Dobson | November 12

Loch Ness Monster photographed! Plus, a whale explodes in Oregon, Sun Yat-Sen and Charles Manson are born, King Canute and H. R. Haldeman die. Happy Azerbaijani Constitution Day!

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September 8th in History

Michael Dobson | September 8
Michelangelo's David

David unveiled, Scotch® Tape goes on sale, Ford pardons Nixon! It's the birthday of Peter Sellers, Richard Strauss dies, and it's Independence Day in Macedonia!

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September 9th in History

Michael Dobson | September 9

Elvis appears on Ed Sullivan; nation scandalized! In other news, the first computer bug is discovered (an actual bug); Cardinal Richelieu, Captain Bligh, Leo Tolstoy, Colonel Sanders, Mao Zedong, and Adam Sandler are born; William the Conqueror, Toulouse-Lautrec, Burgess Meredith, and Edward Teller die. Happy Wienerschnitzel Day!

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September 10th in History

Michael Dobson | September 10

Nathan Hale volunteers to be a spy, Elias Howe patents the sewing machine, and the Large Hadron Collider opens at CERN! Arnold Palmer, Charles Kuralt, Roger Maris, and Jose Feliciano are born; Huey Long, Father Divine, and Dalton Trumbo die. Happy Amerindian Heritage Day!

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