Today’s useless info: In 1949 Germaine Leloy-Godefroy became the last French woman to be guillotined. (She was having an affair and she killed her husband with an axe while he was asleep).
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Saturday 27 April 2024
Friday 26 April 2024
No Makeup Day
26 April is National No Makeup Day. This is my history of makeup.
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Happy St George's Day
Happy St George's Day everyone!
Monday 22 April 2024
John Paul Jones
On 22 April 1778 during the American War of Independence, a US ship captained by John Paul Jones attacked the port of Whitehaven in northwest England.
Sunday 21 April 2024
Sunderland
I wrote a history of the city of Sunderland
Friday 19 April 2024
Stockton on Tees
I wrote a history of the city of Stockton on Tees in Northeast England
The Lisbon Massacre
On 19 April 1506, the Lisbon Massacre began. Dominican friars incited churchgoers to massacre Jews. It's not known how many were killed but probably between 2,000 and 4,000 people died.
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