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1832: Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Jabberwocky, is born.
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| I'm pretty sure this birth certificate refers to me as a "slithy tove". | |
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1967: The US, UK, & USSR sign a treaty banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
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| I'm always happy to sign treaties I couldn't break if I wanted to. | |
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| I'm adding a clause saying that Martians can't be drafted. | |
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2010: J. D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, dies.
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| Or maybe it was five months ago. Dude was pretty secretive. | |
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