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From The Words of Extraordinary Women to Barbie Day and the racy origins of Barbie, today’s Monday with Mitzi! episode is sure to amuse.

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On This Day

Holidays

Historical Events

1961 — Ivan Ivanovich, a human dummy, travels into space
1959 — The Barbie doll goes on sale: Patterned after the Lilli ‘call girl’ doll,[1][2] the American toy company Mattel claims that more than one billion Barbie dolls have been sold so far, with about 3 dolls being sold every second.
1931 — The electron microscope is invented: German physicist Ernst Ruska is credited with the invention of the microscope. His first instrument allowed a resolution of 50 nanometers (billionths of a meter).
1891 — Kaʻiulani appointed the heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
1842 — Giuseppe Verdi’s third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy’s foremost opera composers.
1776 — Scottish philosopher Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations, ushering in the classical period of political economy.

Births

1964 — Juliette Binoche, French actress, dancer
1943 — Bobby Fischer, American chess player
1934 — Yuri Gagarin, Russian pilot, astronaut
1890 — Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs fr the Soviet Union
1568 — Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint, namesake of Gonzaga University (died 1591)
1451 — Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer, namesake of the Americas (died 1512)

Deaths

1997 — Christopher Wallace a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper
1996 — George Burns, American actor
1994 — Charles Bukowski, American poet
1992 — Menachem Begin, Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate, founder of Israel’s ruling Likud party, who famously boasted of being “the father of terrorism in all the world.”[3]

Footnotes

Checkiday. “Barbie Day.” Checkiday.com, Checkiday, 11 Feb. 2017, www.checkiday.com/b7bd0e4f06056fc555595937c097c229/barbie-day. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026. ︎

Nessy, Messy. “Meet Lilli, the High-End German Call Girl Who Became America’s Iconic Barbie Doll.” Messy Nessy Chic, 29 Jan. 2016, www.messynessychic.com/2016/01/29/meet-lilli-the-high-end-german-call-girl-who-became-americas-iconic-barbie-doll/. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026. ︎

Bollyn, Christopher. ““Frighten the West”: The Israeli Roots of Terrorism.” Christopher Bollyn, Christopher Bollyn, 22 Nov. 2015, www.bollyn.com/frighten-the-west-the-israeli-roots-of-terrorism-2/. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

THE FATHER OF TERRORISM – Menachem Begin, the terrorist founder of Israel’s ruling Likud party, bragged about being “the father of terrorism in all the world.” The Likud party is now headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.

“How does it feel, in the light of all that’s going on, to be the father of terrorism in the Middle East?”
“In the Middle East?” he [Begin] bellowed, in his thick, cartoon accent. “In all the world!”

Russell Warren Howe interview with Menachem Begin, January 1974

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No transcript available.

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