February 10th in History

Michael Dobson | February 10

Queen Victoria marries Albert, Francis Gary Powers is released, and Deep Blue beats Gary Kasparov. Boris Pasternak, Jimmy Durante. and Lon Chaney Jr., are born; Arthur Miller and Shirley Temple die. Happy Fenkil Day!

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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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September 11th in History

Michael Dobson | September 11

9/11 terrorist attacks on the US! In other news, Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever built and there's an attack on the US Embassy in Benghazi. O. Henry, Bear Bryant, Gherman Titov, Brian De Palma, and Ludacris are born; Nikita Khrushchev, Lorne Green, and Johnny Unitas die. Happy Enkutatash!

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