175 years ago today, following Zachary Taylor's death, Millard Fillmore became president of the United States, the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office.
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Shot dead by the Mossos [police force of Catalonia] after killing his brother and injuring five officers in Calldetenes (translation inside)
Fomies - The Onion Man
60 years ago today, Ronnie Biggs, known for the Great Train Robbery of 1963, escaped from Wandsworth Prison, scaling the wall with a rope ladder and dropping onto a waiting removal van.
Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage
740 years ago today, Tile Kolup was burned at the stake as a heretic. He was an impostor who in 1284 began to pretend to be Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.
European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims 'These proposals would curtail developer choice"
50 years ago today, the Comoros declared independence from France. It is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel.
Clear Channel memorandum (list of songs that program directors felt were "lyrically questionable" to play in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks)