Cool facts about today in history…

  • Maximilien Robespierre: Reign of Terror leader was guillotined in Paris during the French Revolution (1794)
  • Peru: declared independence from Spain (1821)
  • 14th Amendment: granted full citizenship to former US slaves; introduced new civil rights safeguards, due process, equal protection (1868)
  • Austria-Hungary: declared war on Serbia, precipitating World War I (1914)
  • Kennewick Man: prehistoric remains were discovered on the banks of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington, sparking a debate between scientists and Native Americans (1996)
  • IRA: ended its armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland in favor of “exclusively peaceful means” (2005)