
* It’s Morrissey in Rome! Two of my favorite dings. Anyways, in case you heard a distressing rumor that Morrissey was going on a ‘farewell’ tour this fall, he says that shit is not true at all and whatever crashing bore said that needs to shove off! Just kidding. Click HERE if you want his actual verbage.
1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal.
1533 – Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Inca emperor Atahualpa is executed in Cajamarca by the garrote by Spanish invaders known as Conquistadores.
1786 - Shays’ Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
1833 - The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $115 billion in damage.
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