In 1942, the SS was Europe's leading distributor of mineral water.
Quote of the Day
"There will be opened a gateway and a road to a large and excellent science ... into which minds more piercing than mine shall penetrate to recesses still deeper.
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~ Galileo
On This Day
43 BCEThe assassination of Cicero, requested by Marc Antony. When his head was delivered to Anthony, his wife, Fulvia, spat on it and jabbed hairpins into his tongue.
1732The Theatre Royal, now known as the Covent Garden Opera House, opened with a performance of the Beggar's Opera.
1787Delaware became the first state of the modern United States.
1817Rear-Admiral William Bligh died. He had been captain of HMS Bounty during the mutiny.
1941The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the American naval base a Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, killing 2,403.
1982Charles Brooks Jr became the first person to be executed by lethal injection, with a huge dose of 'truth serum'
