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#TodayInMystery 455CE
The Vandals lay waste to #Rome. The malevolent Emperor, who had already been killed by a mob, had infuriated the Germanics by cancelling his step-daughter's engagement to their prince in favor of his own son.
#TodayInHistory #history #OnThisDay #OTD #Romans
#TodayInMystery 455CE
Petronius Maximus is killed by a mob while fleeing in panic from the imminent sacking of #Rome. The Emperor of 75 days had infuriated the Vandals by cancelling his step-daughter's engagement to their prince in favor of his own son.
#TodayInHistory #history
#TodayInMystery 1998
Armed men hiding in a restroom until closing time subdue guards at the National Gallery of #ModernArt in #Rome and abscond with #Italy's only 2 Van Goghs and a Cézanne. The #paintings remain unrecovered.
#painting #arthistory #art #truecrime #heist #mystery
#TodayInMystery 1671
Thomas Blood and accomplices steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of #London after stabbing their custodian, though they are immediately apprehended. Why Charles II responded to the #heist by awarding him land in #Ireland remains a #mystery.
#truecrime #OTD
#TodayInMovieHistory (April 25):
#IronMan3 was released 7 years ago today (UK).
[Dir. by @BonafideBlack].
The 7th film in the #MCU.
Cast: @RobertDowneyJr, @GwynethPaltrow, @DonCheadle, @TheGuyPearce, @Jon_Favreau, @StephShortstak, @Wm_Sadler, @TySimpkinsActor, @RealBingBingFan.
#TodayInMystery 2010
An explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon kill 11 people and sink the drilling rig off the #Louisiana coast. The subsequent #oil spill took five months to contain and remains the worst #environmental #disaster in American #history.
#OnThisDay #OTD
#TodayinHistory in 1521, the 1st #baptism was officiated in the Philippines by Fr. Pedro de Valderrama of the Magellan-Elcano expedition. Rajah Humabon of Cebu & household, Rajah Colambu of Limasawa, queen and her entourage, and other inhabitants were baptized throughout the day.
#TodayinHistory in 1788, the #Tagalog poet Francisco Baltazar y dela Cruz, or simply Francisco Balagtas, was born in Panginay, Balagtas, Bulacan, #Philippines. He is best known for producing great works of #Philippine literature, such as "Florante at Laura" & "Orosman at Zafira."
Today i also played "Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike" on arcade. One of my all time favorite. ^__^
#todayiplayed #retrogaming #arcadegames #arcade #エレメカ #アーケード #筐体 #アストロシティ #ゲームセンター #レトロ #筐体
On this day, in 1889, the #EiffelTower was officially opened with a ceremony, coinciding with the centenary of the French Revolution.
#EiffelTowerDay #TodayInHistory #rats #History