14th August
On this August day on which no great act occurred worthy of commemorating as an On This Deity entry, let’s take this opportunity to remind ourselves of the two ancient world tyrants – Julius Caesar and...
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31st October 1961 – Stalin’s Corpse Demoted
Shivering with the proles outside the walls of the Kremlin: J StalinFifty-four years ago today, the Soviet Union’s policy of de-Stalinisation reached its peak when the tyrant’s body was removed from...
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5th March 1953 – the Death of Joseph Stalin
“Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.” – J. StalinSixty-three years ago today, the people of the Soviet Union were finally shown cosmic mercy for their long sufferance, freedom...
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15th March 44B.C. – the Assassination of Julius Caesar
Beware the Ides of MarchToday we put our hands together and give a round of applause to the Libertores, those forty Roman senators who off’d that despicable cad, Julius Caesar – his death foretold...
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11th April 1979 – the End of Idi Amin’s Reign of Terror
See yaOn 11th April 1979, Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda after his attempt to annex part of Tanzania backfired. Following a counterattack by the Tanzania People’s Defence Force, the former...
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17th April 1975 – Pol Pot Declares Year Zero
Pol Pot's Gruesome LegacyOn this day in 1975, Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge captured Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh and declared revolutionary Year Zero. After five years of bloody civil war, the conquering...
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28th April 1945 – the Execution of Mussolini
Il DuceOn this day in 1945, Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was summarily executed by communist partisans and his body brutalised, violated and hung up for public display in Milan’s Piazzo...
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30th April 1945 – the Suicide of Adolf Hitler
Adolf HitlerToday we celebrate with arms outstretched in utterly ecstatic glee the bizarre Berlin suicide 71 years ago of that Cosmic Herostratus, World Garbage Mouth and Nihilistic Ruiner of All...
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26th June 1541 – the Death of Francisco Pizarro
Francisco PizarroOn 26th June 1541, Francisco Pizarro – Spanish conquistador and murderous subjugator of the Inca Empire – got his just desserts when he was assassinated by his own people. The old...
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2nd December 1547 – the Death of Hernán Cortés
Hernán "What a Killer" Cortés“He came dancing across the water with his galleons and guns, Looking for the new world in that palace in the sun”- from Cortez the Killer by Neil YoungHernán (Hernando)...
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