R.I.P. this date, 322 BCE:


Aristotle

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Countdown: 15 days until the buzzards
return to Hinckley Point, OH!

OOO-Rah!

Born this date, 1475:

Michelangelo

















R.I.P. This date, 1932:

John Philip Sousa

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On this date, 1942:

U.S. Navy Seabees established.

OOO-Rah!












R.I.P. This date, 1953

Sergei Prokofiev

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Born this date, 1678:

Antonio Vivaldi

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On this date, 1924:

Khalif Abdul Mejid II deposed

ending the 1400 year rein of the

Ottoman Empire.






Countdown: 12 days until the Ides of March
Don't let 'em get you in the Rotunda!

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On this date, 986:

Louis V, "the indolent"

becomes King of the Franks

(or was that Lord of the Wieners?)










Quote o' the day:

"Nobody ever went broke
underestimating the taste
of the American public."

H. L. Mencken

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Kalends of March

Whuppity Scoorie Day

Born this date, 1810:

Frederic Chopin

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