This week in history: Brian Epstein becomes the Beatles’ manager, and the Bill of Rights becomes part of the Constitution. (Scott takes that opportunity to promote a bell-ringing ceremony he hosts every Bill of Rights Day, which is December 15: everyone’s invited to downtown Hillsborough at noon that day to ring bells in honor of the 234th anniversary of the Bill of Rights’ ratification.)
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