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1780: American Revolutionary hero General Benedict Arnold hands the plans to West Point over to the British for £20,000. What a dick.

1897: Francis Pharcellus Church's famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" is published in the New York Sun. Church's less famous "Yes, Dewey, the Tooth Fairy Will Rape You" continues to go unpublished.

1970: Monday Night Football airs for the very first time on ABC. Monday Night Marital Abuse increases by 700%.

Hgwells
Happy 140th birthday to English sci-fi novelist HG Wells, who was actually fathered by himself due to a bizarre glitch in time travel.

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