The French navy scuttled it's ships in Toulon harbour in 1942, to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.


In 1841, the thirty-five survivors of the slave-ship 'Amistad' finally return to Africa.


In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will, which established the Nobel Prize.


New York's Pennsylvania Station opened today in 1910


Playwright Eugene O'Neill died in Boston at age 65 this day in 1953


In 1970, Pope Paul VI was attacked at the Manila airport by a Bolivian painter disguised as a priest

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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