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1789: BASTILLE DAY! Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and completely dismantle the 10-story Bastille, a royal fortress and grim symbol of the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. This action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution. After protracted negotiations and bloody fighting, the Swiss Guards and the bastille's governor are killed by the revolutionaries in a frenzy of... justifiable homicide. 1099: During the First Crusade, Christian knights from Europe, led by Led by Raymond of Toulouse, Godfrey of Bouillon, Robert of Flanders, and Bohemond of Otranto, take the city of Jerusalem after a 7 week siege and begin massacring the city's Muslim and Jewish population. "GOD WILLS IT"!-justifiable homicide. Having achieved their goal, the leaders established five small Christian states in the region under the rule of the leaders of the crusade. 1881: Sheriff Pat Garrett shoots Wm. Henry McCarty, popularly known as Billy the Kid, to death at the Maxwell Ranch in New Mexico. Ambushed in the dark, the Kid passes into Western Lore. Pat Garret is exonerated in a subsequent inquest: justifiable homicide.
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1799: The French soldiers under Napoleon in Egypt discover the Rosetta Stone, which proves instrumental in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. The study, collection, and fascination with Egyptology becomes the rage and still is to this day. The enigma machine of archeology if ever! Written in three languages including ancient Greek, the clues to all Egyptian hieroglyph inscriptions were made possible.
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463 - Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius
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1808: Lewis and Clark, the dynamic duo of the Journey of Exploration and Discovery of the Louisiana Purchase, help form the, Missouri Fur Company-Life become miserable for Indians and beaver generally.
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855 - St Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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C'mon! who shoots cooks & lackeys! Good help is hard to find
1918 - Alexandra Fjodorova, wife of Tsar Nicholas II, shot to death at 46
1918 - Anastasia N Romanova, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, executed at 17 1918 - Botkin, personal physician of Tsar Nicholas II, shot to death 1918 - Charitonov, cook of Tsar Nicholas II, shot to death 1918 - Demidova, lady in waiting of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, shot to death 1918 - Maria Romanova, daughter of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, shot to death 1918 - Nicholas II Alexandrovich, last Tsar of Russia, executed at 50 1918 - Olga Romanova, daughter of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, shot to death 1918 - Tatyana Romanova, daughter of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, shot to death 1918 - Trupp, lackey of Tsar Nicholas II, shot to death ![]() ![]() ![]()
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King George V reviews the Royal Navy at Spithead in 1914, the last review before the outbreak of the First World War.
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1330 - Battle of Velbuzd
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532 - Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle
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1941: Joltin' Joe's 56 game hitting streak ends!
"In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one base hit. According to the Official Baseball Rules, such a streak is ended when a player has at least 1 plate appearance and no hits. A streak shall not be terminated if all official plate appearances result in a base on balls, hit by pitch, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit." Joe DiMaggio holds the Major League Baseball record with a streak of 56 consecutive games in 1941 which began on May 15 and ended July 17. DiMaggio hit .408 during his streak (91 for 223), with 15 homeruns and 55 RBI's. Pete Rose 1978 and Willie Keeler 1898 are a distant tie at 44 apiece. ![]() ![]()
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1553: Lady Jane Grey age 15 is deposed as queen after a nine day reign. Initially spared by Queen 'Bloody' Mary, her cousin, because of her age, she is beheaded for treason at the Tower early in 1554...And is buried in the same chapel as Anne Boleyn at the Tower; Along with her husband and her dad, also executed.(1554)..Family squabbles can sure get grim at times.
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1861: The nation divided, the Congress of the Confederate states convened in Richmond. The government would have done better to stay at Montgomery, Alabama; Even today, any distance between D.C. and whatever is GOOD!
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356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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1376 - The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin leading rats out of town is said to have occurred on this date.
1943 - American forces led by General George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily. 1965 - "Till Death Us Do Part" debuted on England’s BBC-TV.
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^356 BC: for his arson attempt to gain notoriety: "Far from attempting to evade responsibility for his arson, Herostratus proudly claimed credit in an attempt to immortalize his name. To dissuade those of a similar mind, the authorities not only executed him, but attempted to condemn him to a legacy of obscurity by forbidding all mention of his name under penalty of death." Attempted censorship notwithstanding: One could say " Herostratus achieved anti-Herostatus.
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