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Benjamin Franklin, revolutionary and polymath

17 Jan 2019

On this day in 1706 the American writer, politician, scientist and diplomat Benjamin Franklin was born. Franklin was hugely industrious and inventive. He was a successful newspaper publisher and also worked on inventions involving electricity... Read More

French King Louis XVI faces the guillotine

16 Jan 2019

On this day in 1793 the French King Louis XVI was sentenced to death by the National Convention in Paris. Louis seems to have been deluded into thinking that the people wanted him to stay... Read More

Colonel John Pemberton starts a coke habit

15 Jan 2019

On this day in 1886 Colonel John Pemberton registered the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia which would later become the Coca-Cola Company. Pemberton was a civil war veteran who had been wounded and subsequently... Read More

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