250: Emperor Decius begins widespread persecution of Christians in Rome.
288: St. Sebastian dies due to the widespread persecution of Christians in Rome.
1045: Sylvester III is elected pope and a year later is expelled for not being a very good pope.
1356: King of the Scots Edward Ballioi abdicates his throne because King Edward III gave him money as he wasn't being a very good King of the Scots.
1513: Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway, and then...
1523: Christian II (Christian the Tyrant), is forced to abdicate his throne because slaughtering Swedish nobility wasn't a well-thought out plan.
1649: King Charles I of England is found guilty of being a traitor and a tyrant.
1920: Prohibition begins in the United States and goes really well.
1934: The Nazi Party enacts labor laws weighted against workers.
1939: A poll among college students is taken asking if the United States government should take in 10,000 German refugee children, most of them Jewish. 61% said no.
1942: The Wannsee Conference is held so Nazis can discuss the "final solution."
1949: First Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen because of course he would.
1956: Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville.
1967: Stacey Dash is born.
1972: Unemployment in the UK rises to over one million for the first time since The Depression.
1980: President Jimmy Carter announces the United States' boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
1982: American heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat at a concert because of course he would.
1988: Arizona Governor Evan Meacham's impeachment proceedings begin due to his using public funds to assist him in his business which was an auto dealership.
1990: The Soviet Army cracks down on pro-independence demonstrations in Azerbaijan (Black January).
1993: Audrey Hepburn dies.
2002: Amnesty International releases a report on human rights violations at Guantanamo Bay.
2012: Etta James dies.
2017: Donald J. Trump tweets: "January 20th, 2017 will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again."
288: St. Sebastian dies due to the widespread persecution of Christians in Rome.
1045: Sylvester III is elected pope and a year later is expelled for not being a very good pope.
1356: King of the Scots Edward Ballioi abdicates his throne because King Edward III gave him money as he wasn't being a very good King of the Scots.
1513: Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway, and then...
1523: Christian II (Christian the Tyrant), is forced to abdicate his throne because slaughtering Swedish nobility wasn't a well-thought out plan.
1649: King Charles I of England is found guilty of being a traitor and a tyrant.
1920: Prohibition begins in the United States and goes really well.
1934: The Nazi Party enacts labor laws weighted against workers.
1939: A poll among college students is taken asking if the United States government should take in 10,000 German refugee children, most of them Jewish. 61% said no.
1942: The Wannsee Conference is held so Nazis can discuss the "final solution."
1949: First Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen because of course he would.
1956: Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville.
1967: Stacey Dash is born.
1972: Unemployment in the UK rises to over one million for the first time since The Depression.
1980: President Jimmy Carter announces the United States' boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
1982: American heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat at a concert because of course he would.
1988: Arizona Governor Evan Meacham's impeachment proceedings begin due to his using public funds to assist him in his business which was an auto dealership.
1990: The Soviet Army cracks down on pro-independence demonstrations in Azerbaijan (Black January).
1993: Audrey Hepburn dies.
2002: Amnesty International releases a report on human rights violations at Guantanamo Bay.
2012: Etta James dies.
2017: Donald J. Trump tweets: "January 20th, 2017 will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again."
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