Alison Parker and Adam Ward joined a growing list of people murdered with a legally purchased handgun this year in the US. Advocates of “gun rights,” of concealed carry permits, of maintaining an arsenal for protection against the tyranny of the Federal government, or of “Stand Your Ground” legislation should rejoice. Another law-abiding US… Continue reading
1464 Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as the 211th pope. 1483 Louis XI of France (died) (born 1423) 1720 Samuel Whitbread (born), English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread (died 1796) 1748 Jacques-Louis David (born), French painter (died 1825) 1791 HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day. 1797 … Continue reading
1261 Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope, the last man to do so without being a cardinal first. 1484 Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV. 1498 Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal. 1632 John Locke (born), English physician and philosopher (died 1704)… Continue reading
388 Magnus Maximus (died), Roman emperor (born 335) 430 Augustine of Hippo (died), Algerian theologian and saint (born 354) 1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States. 1609 Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay. 1619 Ferdinand II is elected emperor… Continue reading
410 The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. 1172 Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England. 1521 Josquin des Prez (died), Flemish composer (born 1450) 1577 Titian (died), Italian painter (born 1488) 1590 Pope Sixtus V (died) (born 1521) 1593 Pierre… Continue reading