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Further, that in 1150 CE Prince Hailing of Jin and other court officials murder Emperor Xizong of Jin. Hailing succeeds him as emperor.

That in 1349 CE the Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, are rounded up and incinerated.

That in 1431 CE Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.

And, last but not least, Anson Jones, the last president of my beloved Republic of Texas, commits suicide in 1858 CE.

[Edited by KeeperUsiel, 1/9/2015 5:25:53 PM]

I almost pointed out those myself. I daresay this should vault the popularity of the thread to new heights.

Today is the day before tomorrow along with the day after the ine tomorrow also falls on the 1st day after the day before it all started.. what day is it? well its Saturday of course the 10th day of the first new year...

"...of the first new year..."

Ever? So we're on January 11, 1?

humpday

Dayz.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr Day here in the US. A moment of silence for an amazing man and civil rights leader.

Also, today is the anniversary for the following events:


1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila, the oldest church in the Philippines, was completed.

1795 – A day after William V, Prince of Orange, fled the Dutch Republic as a result of the Batavian Revolution, the Batavian Republic was established.

1917 – Approximately 50 tons of TNT exploded at a munitions factory in Silvertown in West Ham, present-day Greater London, killing more than 70 people and injuring more than 400 others.

1975 – A magnitude 6.8 Ms earthquake struck northern Himachal Pradesh, India, causing extensive damage to the region.

2006 – In the deadliest aviation accident in Slovak history, an Antonov An-24 aircraft operated by the Slovak Air Force crashed in northern Hungary, killing 42 of the 43 people on board.