Birthdays: Angela Lansbury, Tim Robbins, Caterina Scorsone, Brea Grant Movie releases: Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Candyman, Bride of Chucky, Crimson Peak
Day: October 16, 2017
FLW: Marie Antoinette’s polite apology to her executioner
Famous Last Words Marie Antoinette October 16, 1793 Paris, France "Pardon me, monsieur. It was not on purpose." Marie Antoinette, a member of the French aristocracy who spent money on luxuries while her people starved, was a victim of the French Revolution, sentenced to death by guillotine for the charges of depletion of the national… Continue reading FLW: Marie Antoinette’s polite apology to her executioner
Luby’s shooting
October 16, 1991 Killeen, Texas George Hennard drives his pickup truck into a Luby's Cafeteria, begins shooting patrons, killing 23 and wounding 27 before killing himself The attack seems to be motivated by sexism as Hennard reportedly yelled "All women of Killeen and Belton are vipers! This is what you've done to me and my… Continue reading Luby’s shooting
Fictional History: Lost in Space
October 16, 1997 The Robinson family becomes Lost in Space
Composer murders wife, her lover, his infant son, and nanny in jealousy (1590)
October 16, 1590 Naples, Italy Composer Carlos Gesualdo kills his wife, her lover, his infant son, and a nanny in jealous revenge After fathering several children, Gesualdo apparently lost interest in sex but his wife did not. She took a paramour and Gesualdo, wanting to catch the two in the act, pretended to leave to… Continue reading Composer murders wife, her lover, his infant son, and nanny in jealousy (1590)
