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Welcome folks, and happy “760th Anniversary of the Battle of Ayn Jalut” week! This battle marked the first time the Mongols were prevented from expanding through conquest. The Mamluks employed the Mongols’ own tactic of feigning retreat with horse archers to draw the enemy into a trap.

Welcome folks, and happy “1941st Anniversary of the eruption of Mt Vesuvius” week! You may all celebrate by musing on how such a tragedy, where thousands of people died, has become invaluable to the historical and archaeological understanding of that time.

Welcome folks, and happy “68th Anniversary of the first use of the word ‘fallout’ in the nuclear sense” week! The New York Times used it in 1952, and then a term coined in the 1950s went on to become the title of a beloved game series inspired by the sci-fi of the 1950s. You may all celebrate by dusting off and playing your old copy of "It Came from the Desert".

Welcome folks, and happy “154th Anniversary of the opening of the first public roller-skating rink” week! Although roller skates were invented around 1743, they were used only for theatre effects and wacky, steampunk Assassin’s Creed-esque heists. That is, until James Plimpton invented the more accessible quad-wheel skates in 1863 and wanted a venue to show them off.