The last "legally" executed slave in America was a seventeen-year-old girl named Amy Spain.
All in War
U.S.S Princeton
An exploding cannon killed 8 people, including members of President John Tyler's cabinet.
The Emperor's Collar
János Libényi was executed on this day, a little over a week after he tried to kill Austrian Emperor Franz Josef.
Japanese Sub Attacks Santa Barbara
This was the night that a Japanese submarine attacked an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California.
The White Rose
"...what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?"
Tecún Umán
On this day the last King of the K'iche' Maya people was killed during a battle in what is now Guatemala.