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1173: Thomas A. Beckett is murdered on the orders of Henry II, in Canterbury Cathedral.
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| The Canterbury Tales didn't relate THAT...! Howcome...? | |
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| Me, I'd still rather know about the Caramilk secret... | |
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1890: U.S. 7th Cavalry slaughters 300 Native Americans at Wounded Knee, SD.
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| Hey - they had a good excuse! The collective knee of America was wounded - it demanded action! | |
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| History always repeats itself - today, it's America's ego that's hurt, of course... | |
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1916: 'Mad monk' Grigori Rasputin is poisoned by right-wing Russian patriots, who then riddle him with gunfire...
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| ... and then they throw his body in the river, bury it, and then, after a year has passed, exhume and burn it | |
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| They weren't taking any chances... they must have thought that Rasputin was both vampiric and zombie-like... | |
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