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#TodayInMystery 1820
A sperm whale sinks the Essex 2000 miles west of South America, stranding her crew of 20 in three lifeboats. Only eight will survive the months-long ordeal at sea, mostly by cannibalism. The reason for the ram attack is a #mystery.
#onthisday #otd #history
#TodayInMystery 1703
The so-called Man in the Iron Mask dies in the #Bastille, in #Paris, after having been imprisoned throughout #France for over 33 years. Despite far-ranging theories, the man's identity and crime, if any, remain a #mystery.
#truecrime #onthisday #otd #history
#TodayInMystery 2010
Explorers discover the wreck of the legendary City of Everett in the Gulf of Mexico. The whaleback freighter, the first steamship to circle the globe, sank while hauling Cuban molasses to #NewOrleans in 1923.
#mystery #discovery #archaeology #OTD #OnThisDay
#TodayInMystery 1540
Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's most trusted minister, is beheaded without trial in #London. His political rivals seized upon the King's dissatifaction with plain Anne of Cleves, an unconsummated marriage Cromwell had engineered.
#TodayInHistory #history #OTD
#TodayInMystery 1540
Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's most trusted minister, is beheaded without trial in #London. His political rivals seized upon the King's dissatifaction with plain Anne of Cleves, an unconsummated marriage Cromwell had engineered.
#OnThisDay #OTD #truecrime
#TodayInMystery 1900
Unknown dozens of Western missionaries & Chinese Christians are beheaded and left to the dogs in #Taiyuan during the Boxer Rebellion. Whether or not the massacre was ordered by the isolationist governor remains a #mystery.
#truecrime #OnThisDay #OTD #history
#TodayInMystery 1900
Unknown dozens of Western missionaries & Chinese Christians are beheaded and left to the dogs in #Taiyuan during the Boxer Rebellion. Whether or not the massacre was ordered by the isolationist governor remains a #mystery.
#truecrime #history #TodayInHistory
#TodayInMystery 1215
In an effort to curtail an unpopular king, over-taxed barons compel John to seal #MagnaCarta at Runnymede in #Surrey. Though neither side honored their commitments, the articles provide a base on which a future #Parliament will form.
#OnThisDay #OTD #history
#TodayInMystery 1772
After HMS Gaspee runs aground chasing a smuggler off the #RhodeIsland coast, 80 men loot the ship before setting it aflame. The affair presaged the #Boston Tea Party and other #protests against British rule in colonial America.
#truecrime #history #OnThisDay