October 19, 1781 — British forces under Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown
Lieutenant-General Charles Cornwallis was a loyal servant of the crown of Great Britain, and not an untalented one. Forces he...
July 1, 2021
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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...
June 14, 2021
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...
April 14, 2020
April 19, 1934 — The “Surgeon’s Photograph” of the Loch Ness Monster is taken
The so-called “Surgeon’s Photograph” is the best known image of the cryptid called the Loch Ness Monster (Nessie to her...
May 11, 2019
December 19, 1963 — Jennifer Beals born
Forever to be associated with her best known role, that of the dancer Alex Owens in the 1980 film “Flashdance”,...
July 14, 2017
April 4, 1968 — Martin Luther King is assassinated
Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, after years of non-violent struggle for civil rights. By 1967,...
January 14, 2017
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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