Let's start off with an apology. Sorry I missed posting yesterday, but sometimes snarking has to take a back seat to the real world. God willing, it wasn't too interesting, and today will be more interesting than any!
So away we go. In 1002, King Aethlered II, aka The Unready (and someday I'll explain that whole nickname to you- it's not what you think) orders the people of England to kill all the Danes. That's Danes, not Dames. England would have been forced to go the same route as Sparta if they killed all the dames. And that's just not the same. Or so I've heard. At any rate, it's today known as the St. Brice's Day Massacre.
In 1775, American forces attack Montreal during the Revolution. Ultimately, (Spoiler alert) they succeed, but it won't stick.
A subject near and dear to my heart- in 1841, James Braid sees a demonstration of "animal magnetism", which leads to him starting to study another topic, which he refers to as "hypnotism". While I am a hypnotist, if you're starting to fall asleep right now, it's not hypnotism but boredom. Sorry.
the Soviets finished development of the AK 47 rifle on this date. See if you can guess what year they completed the AK 47. Go ahead. Try and see if you can get it. There's certainly no hint in the name 47. None at all.
And that's about it. Sadly, it isn't as exciting a date as we hoped. Oh well. Win some, lose some. We'll just have to keep trying. And maybe you could go out and do something exciting, so that next year we'll have something to report.
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