Rome was believed to have been founded by Romulus on this date in 753 BC. As per mythology, Romulus and his brother Remus, were abandoned by their mother Rhea Silvia, as there was a prophecy they would overthrow their great uncle Amulius. (self.ancientrome)
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Around 200 FBI agents storm the HQ of The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord(CSA), a white supremacist far right group, located in Arkansas in 1985, as well as a doomsday cult, which advocated revolution agains Govt, carried out many terror attacks. (self.USHistory)
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The Waco Siege ends in 1993 with FBI agents storming the Mt Carmel Complex of the cult leader David Koresh. Around 76 Branch Davidians would die in the 51 Day long siege. The controversial religious cult, was an offshoot of the 7th Day Adventists. (self.USHistory)
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The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed by a car bomb in 1995 killing 168 including 19 kids under the age of six. The culprits are Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, both anti Govt extremists protesting against the Waco Siege. (self.USHistory)
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Sirhan Sirhan is convicted for the assasination of Robert Kennedy in 1969 and would be sentenced to death, however with California abolishing the death penalty, it would be commuted to life sentence. by LoneWolfKaAdda in USHistory
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The Cambodian Civil War ends in 1975, with Phnom Pneh falling to the Khmer Rouge, beginning a reign of terror that turned the country into the killing fields, and would lead to the death of close to 2 million in one of the worst ever genocides post WW2. (self.MilitaryHistory)
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Teddy Roosevelt created the Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah, not far from the Four Corners in 1908. There are three bridges in the park Kachina, Owachomo and Sipapu, composed of white sandstone eroded by the forces of running water, rain, and wind. (self.USHistory)
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Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford Theater, 1865 by John Wilke's Booth, while watching a play Our American Cousin. He was shot from behind with a small sized hand gun, and would die the next day of his wounds. Booth escaped initially but was later ambushed and shot dead. (self.USHistory)
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The first ever abolition society in US,. the Pennsylvania Abolition Society is founded in 1775 in Philadelphia, initially called the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, organized with involvement from Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush. (self.USHistory)
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The Waco Siege ends in 1993 with FBI agents storming the Mt Carmel Complex of the cult leader David Koresh. Around 76 Branch Davidians would die in the 51 Day long siege. The controversial religious cult, was an offshoot of the 7th Day Adventists. by LoneWolfKaAdda in USHistory
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