Today in History 17th March

Well hello again Gentle Reader, its time to once again squeeze ourselves into the codpiece of history and scare the nuns of time.

 

180: Marcus Aurelius dies. His son Commudus becomes the Emperor of Rome.

 

 

1969: Golde Maier becomes Prime Minister of Israel.

 

1992: A referendum in South Africa ends the Apartheid era.

 

1995: Ronnie Kray, London gangster dies.

2003: A politician shows he has moral authority as Robin Cook resigns his position as UK Foreign Secretary over the British governments decision to enter the 2nd Iraq war.

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