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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 9 1349
All the jews of Basel Switzerland are rounded up and incinerated, because they caused the bubonic plague.
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yep, nothing like a good scapegoat. interesting that during much of christian europe's past jews were not permitted to work in this or that trade, leaving pretty much only lending money, and if you were king and you owed them too much, you could always just kick them out.
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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 9 1570
Ivan The Terrible, thinking that the town of Novgorod on the verge of defecting to Poland, commences a massacre on its citizens that lasts five long weeks. Every day men, women, and children are brutally murdered by flame or thrown in the Volkhov river. Estimates vary between 15,000 and 60,000 killed.
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despite their having their own empire for awhile, i think in general history has been unkind to the poles as a national identity/language, imagine trying to defend saskatchewan from invasion...
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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 9 1913
Richard Nixon born.
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wasn't he the original gerber baby, or is that some futurama off-colour joke?
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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 9 1972
The luxury liner Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor.
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as a kid on vancouver island i was fascinated when i first saw fire-fighting boats. imagine, being on fire surrounded by water! what a bizarre concept.
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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 9 2002
The DOJ confirms reports that a criminal investigation of mega-corporation Enron has begun. The Texas energy profiteers gave loads of cash to the Republican party before accounting fraud and insider trading caused thousands of Enron employees to lose their savings and pensions.
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it's cool, don't worry, the SEC files were all in world trade center 7 so case closed.