Today in 1600, King Charles I was executed at Runnymede by order of Oliver Cromwell's Parliament


This day in 1703 a mysterious man died in the Bastille in Paris, his head encased in a mask of velvet & whalebone. He would later become known as "The Man In The Iron Mask"


In 1951 the Football Association reluctantly agreed to give official sanction to the use of the new, White footballs


A third attempt by the U.S. to invade Canada during The War of 1812 collapsed in ignominy when the American troops refused to leave New York State!

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind