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Today is the feast day of St. James Intercisus, patron of torture victims, martyred in A.D. 421 by being cut into 28 separate pieces... dying only after decapitation...
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| By the way... 'Intercisus' means 'cut to pieces.' | |
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| They will get theirs too, don't you worry about that... | |
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1885: Killer Edward Hunter, 71, earns dubious distinction of becoming the oldest person ever to be executed in Australia.
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| It's over for you - gramps... I mean... mate! Checkmate! Yeah...! | |
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| At least I am making history - going out while making my mark, etched forevermore in the record books... who wants to live to be 99... eh? Mate? | |
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1934: FBI guns down Baby Face Nelson.
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| You thought you were being clever, eh? The FBI always gets their men! | |
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