This Day In History!

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1976: Massive earthquake in China

Early in the morning, a massive earthquake of 8.2 magnitude strikes Tangshan, a Chinese industrial city with a population of about 1 million people. As almost everyone was at home in their beds instead of outside in the relative safety of the streets or fields, the earthquake was especially costly in terms of human life. By the time the rescue effort came to an end, the Chinese government estimated that 250,000 people had been killed, making it the deadliest earthquake of the 20th century.

1914
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia - beginning World War I.

1865
A crowd of 100,000 watches the last public execution in Scotland when Dr Edward Pritchard is hanged for poisoning his wife and mother-in-law.

1858
First recorded use of fingerprints as a means of identification by William Herschel.

1833
Britain passes the Emancipation Act - abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire.

1586
The first potatoes arrive in Britain - brought by explorer Sir Thomas Harriot from Colombia.

Well.. on this day in history the good to bad news ratio is 50:50. Who would have thought. Arg.