Non-musical history for today: 2001 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened after 11 years, and $27,000,000 was spent to stabilize it without fixing its famous lean. I mean, why would you fix the most striking feature of something?

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 15.

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Non-musical history for today: 1542 – Princess Mary Stuart became Queen of Scots at the age of one week, on the death of her father, James V of Scotland. My wife, Stephanie, is a Mary Queen of Scots buff.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 14.

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Non-musical history for today: 1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organized three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This date is now considered the founding of the National Guard of the United States. Thank you all for your service.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 13.

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1941 – Adolf Hitler declared the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery. That dude really was an evil bastard.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 12.

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Non-musical history for today: 1941 – Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declared war on them. It's not at all funny but I can't help but laugh.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 11.

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Non-musical history for today: 1936 – Edward VIII signed the Instrument of Abdication. C'mon y'all! The man just wanted to marry the American woman he wanted to marry. But, nah, we can't have any American divorcées (twice) as Queen Consort. Right?

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 10.

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Non-musical history for today: 1953 – Red Scare: General Electric announced that all communist employees would be discharged from the company. How stupid was that? The fear of communism was some of the dumbest things I've heard.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 9.

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Non-musical history for today: 1991 – The leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine signed an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia has since tried its best to get Ukraine back. Belarus is on board, apparently. They are great Putin-Ass-Kissers.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 8.

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Non-musical history for today: 2020 – Chuck Yeager, American aviator, West Virginian, uncle of one of my best friend growing up's sister-in-law, and probably most importantly, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, died.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 7.

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Non-musical history for today: 1933 – In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses, Judge John M. Woolsey ruled that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a leading decision affirming free expression. Conservatives have spent a lot of time since trying, once again (and again), to get it banned.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for December 6.

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