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Lucien Fewell shot James Clark after he apparently ran off with Lucien's 16-year-old sister. The murder trial that followed featured two Confederate generals and a former Virginia governor. What was the verdict? (also on Amazon.com)
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Engineer Day
Today celebrates licensed professional engineers, commemorating the anniversary of the first professional engineering license issued in the United States to Charles Bellamy on August 8, 1907. I don’t actually know how many licensed PEs I’ve known. I’m not even sure … Continue reading
Meteor Watch Day
This is another one of those days that seems like it was stupidly timed. There are meteor showers, but none of the famous ones—why not wait 60 days and do it in August when the Perseids show up? I dug … Continue reading
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Pluto Day
On this day in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh found Pluto, with no idea that someday a bunch of wags on social media would say they were old enough to remember when it was a planet. It’s now a dwarf planet, and … Continue reading
Periodic Table Day
I don’t have a lot to say about this day. I loved chemistry in high school; I met one of my best friends in that class and we both laugh-choked when our teacher singed his eyebrows while lambasting a student … Continue reading
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