On this day in 1519, Hernán Cortés enters
Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a
great celebration.
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On this day in 1901, bloody clashes take place in
Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek. Of all the
reasons to riot…
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On this day in 1917, the People's Commissars give
authority to Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph
Stalin. Trotsky soon falls out of favor, however, and gets an ice pick to
the forehead.
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On this day in 1923, Hitler’s Beer Hall
Putsch takes place in Munich, where he leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful
attempt to overthrow the German government.
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On this day in 1937, the Nazi exhibition Der ewige
Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
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On this day in 1960, John F. Kennedy defeats Richard
Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the twentieth
century to become the 35th president of the United States.
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On this day in 1973, the right ear of John
Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom
note, convincing his father to pay 2.9 million USD.
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On this day in 2002, UN Security Council Resolution
1441 – The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on
Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious
consequences". The brutal irony being, of course, that Iraq had already
disarmed, and that the US was going to invade no matter what... the bully only
beating up his victim once he'd tied both the victim's hands behind his back.
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On this day in 2004, more than 10,000 U.S. troops and
a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent
stronghold of Fallujah. It's a freaking massacre and a war crime. But nobody
gives a fuck.
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