1814: The Marquis de Sade, grand-daddy of BDSM, dies in a French insane asylum.
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| The Marquis - there was a role-model for us all! | |
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| Join him, why don't you... | |
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1859: In Virginia, abolitionist John Brown is hanged for attempting to incite a slave rebellion.
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| My peeps still got it going... dude! | |
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| Mr. Brown's descendent, I presume? Come along quietly now... hanging is out of style now... | |
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1959: Flooding caused by the collapse of the Malpasset Dam in Fróes, France, kills 412.
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| Pas juste! Je proteste! Vous avez enlevez plus de vies en France en ce jour malheureux entre tous! Vive la France! | |
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| Hey - I may be the Grim Reaper - but I am just like everybody else, deep down... yeah... really! I HATE THE FRENCH TOO! | |
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