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1631: Mount Vesuvius erupts, killing 4,000...
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| Well... the gods have shown their unjustified wrath one too many times for my taste! | |
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| Yeah - we didn't do anything to deserve this! Let's change religions! I want to be LOVED - not punished to death! | |
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1773: Overtaxed American colonists board British cargo ship and dump all the tea loaded onboard into Boston Harbor...
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| Winters are harsh enough here as it is - with British tyranny making it worse! Understood? | |
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| Surely my dear Bostonian lad you jest - that was a lot of good, priceless tea that you wasted there... truly regrettable... but this means war! | |
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1811: Earthquake of a magnitude of 8.6 on the Richter scale at New Madrid, MO actually changes the course of the Mississippi River...!
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| I'm really lost now... which way is up...? Upstream I mean... Gene! | |
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