And here’s mine ...
Three interesting facts:
- 326 - The old St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated. (with a repeat performance on the same day in 1626)
- 1686 - Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV’s anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.
- 1978 - Jonestown mass suicide: In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple in a mass murder-suicide; 913 die, including 276 children.
Two births:
- 1928 - Mickey Mouse, Cartoon Mouse
- 1953 - Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist
One death:
- 1962 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
Posted at 11:48 CET by Linda
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