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1989

Tiki Restaurant and Cocktail Umbrella Inventor Dies

On this day in 1989, Don the Beachcomber, credited with inventing the tiki bar and cocktail umbrella, died. Born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt in Limestone County, Texas, on 22 February 1907, he is … (more...)

1942

Japan defeated at Midway

The Battle of Midway ends as the United States reverses the tide against the previously invincible Japanese navy. A thousand miles northwest of Honolulu, the strategic island of Midway became a … (more...)

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  1. 9:30am Myth Hunters
  2. 10:30am The Cars That Made Us Rec
  3. 11:30am India On Film Rec
  4. 12:30pm The Roosevelts Rec
  5. 1:30pm Frontiersmen: The Men Who Built America Rec
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