1789 — Marie Antionette (allegedly) says “Let them eat cake”
The French phrase “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche” is usually translated as “Let them eat cake”, and is widely attributed...
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August 4, 1892 — Lizzie Borden murders her parents
They say she done all of ’em in. They say she done it with an axe. They are, in this...
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December 19, 1963 — Jennifer Beals born
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December 31, 1999 — The Twentieth Century ends
Technically, the Twentieth Century did not end for another year, at the end of the year 2000. But in the...
October 19, 2013
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