On this day in the year 1555 of the common era (CE) Reformer and bible translator John Roger is burnt at the stake in Smithfield, London. This act of human sacrifice made him the first Protestant Martyr in the upcoming religious wars that rocked England and the rest of Europe for the next two centuries.
On this day in the year 1789 CE the first United States Electoral College chooses George Washington as president and John Adams as vice president.
On this day in 1933 CE German president Paul von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press; five years later Adolf Hitler seizes control of the German army and puts Nazis in key posts.
In 1957 CE the first electric portable typewriter is placed on sale in Syracuse, New York.
In 1965 CE the United States performs nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site; five years later another test is performed. Six years after that another test is performed.
In 1972 CE, United States senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon should be deported; two years later Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in Berkeley, California. Six years after that Studio 54 holds its grand closing party on its last night of business.
In 1985 CE, twenty countries sign the United Nations treaty outlawing torture. The United States abstains; six years later baseball's Hall of Fame board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose for life, due to his betting on games while a player and manager.
In 2004 CE Mark Zuckerberg, after swindling his college roommates, launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory; nine years later the French Government annuls a two hundred and thirteen year-old law banning women from wearing trousers.
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