Marie "Let them eat cake" Antoinette met her doom at the guillotine today in 1793


In 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, Archbishop of Cracow, became Pope, taking the name John Paul II (in memory of his short-lived predecessor). He was the first non_Italian to be elevated to the position since 1522.


The first hotel with ensuite bathrooms (and towels!) was the Tremont House in Boston, Massachussetts, which opened its doors to guests today in 1829.


Long after they have ceased to exist, the word "borstal" is still used for a detention centre for youths, after the first such facility opened at Borstal, near Rochester, Kent, in 1902.

DM



FYI "borstal" is the old term for a juvenile detention centre..... kinda like kiddy prison!

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind