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1793: Madame du Barry Guillotined

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1793: Madame du Barry Guillotined

On this day during the French Revolution, Madame du Barry – the famous mistress of the French King Louis ...

On this day during the French Revolution, Madame du Barry – the famous mistress of the French King Louis XV – was guillotined. She was born as the daughter of a poor provincial seamstresses. In fact, ...

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1744: Four Sisters – Mistresses of King Louis XV

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1744: Four Sisters – Mistresses of King Louis XV

The young and beautiful Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle, the mistress of French King Louis XV, died on this da ...

The young and beautiful Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle, the mistress of French King Louis XV, died on this day. Interestingly, as many as four of the Mailly-Nesle sisters were mistresses of the king, whic ...

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1980: John Lennon Killed with Four Bullets to the Back

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1980: John Lennon Killed with Four Bullets to the Back

On this day the 25-year-old Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon in New York. The murder took place in f ...

On this day the 25-year-old Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon in New York. The murder took place in front of the famous Dakota apartment building, where Lennon and Yoko Ono lived, and which is loc ...

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1955: Connection between the European Flag and the Blessed Virgin Mary

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1955: Connection between the European Flag and the Blessed Virgin Mary

Interestingly, the flag of the European Union was not originally designed for that organization, but the ...

Interestingly, the flag of the European Union was not originally designed for that organization, but the Council of Europe. It adopted a flag with 12 yellow stars on a blue background on this day in 1 ...

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1943:Singer Jim Morrison was the Son of an Admiral and had an IQ of 149

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1943:Singer Jim Morrison was the Son of an Admiral and had an IQ of 149

On this day singer Jim Morrison, of parents of Irish and Scottish descent, was born in Florida. Interesti ...

On this day singer Jim Morrison, of parents of Irish and Scottish descent, was born in Florida. Interestingly, his father was an admiral in the U.S. Navy, who commanded the naval forces during the esc ...

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