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Boston 1876

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Aethelred the Oven Ready

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Fact of the Day

Entrance to the Tower of London used to be free if you took a cat or dog to feed the lions.

"We are fighting Germany, Austria, and drink, and so far as I can see the greatest of these deadly foes is drink."

~ David Lloyd George

1598 Playwright Ben Jonson was put on trial for manslaughter after killing fellow actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.

1692 The last people accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem were hanged.

1735 Robert Walpole became the first British Prime Minister to occupy 10 Downing Street.