In 1789, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside, in the symbolic climax of the French revolution.
In 1798, Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the United States government.
In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry relayed to Japanese officials a letter from former President Millard Fillmore, requesting trade relations.
In 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias "Billy the Kid," was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner,
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IN 1966, eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory.
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"Revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery, it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly."