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On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner
launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths
of at least 55 whites; scores of Blacks were killed in retribution in
the aftermath of the rebellion. (Turner was later captured and
executed.)
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In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's
"Mona Lisa" was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (The painting
was recovered two years later in Italy.)
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In 1959, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower signed an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state.
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In 1992, an 11-day siege began
at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as
government agents tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear in court
on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns; on the first day
of the siege, Weaver's teenage son, Samuel, and Deputy U.S. Marshal
William Degan were killed.
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In 2020, a former police officer
who became known as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo,
told victims and family members in a Sacramento courtroom that he was
"truly sorry" before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences
for a decade-long string of rapes and murders. THIS CREEPOID SHOULD BE EXECUTED. THE PUSSIES IN CACAVILLE BANNED CAPITOL PUNISHMENT. WHAT IDIOTS!!
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