Friday, July 28

..and on this day in history...

(Courtesy of Wikipedia...)

1794 - Reign of Terror leader Maximilien Robespierre was guillotined.

1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, starting World War I.

1976 - The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude flattened Tangshan, China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.

1990 - Alberto Fujimori became President of Peru.

1996 - The remains of the prehistoric Kennewick Man were discovered.

2 comments:

Kal said...

1998: Lewinsky gets immunity to testify to the grand jury about her little Hail to the Chief...

Mossy Stone said...

That news is really tough to swallow...