What happened in the year of your post count?

1752:

February 11 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the U.S., is opened.
March 23 – The Halifax Gazette, the first Canadian newspaper, is published
June 15 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity, using a kite and a key.
 
1918

Something happened that changed history.

take that
 
Year 2000.

Mickey Mouse died... :'(
(not really but people started to not like him that much anymore)
 
By Place


Roman Empire
Caracalla's troops massacre the population of Alexandria, Egypt.
Caracalla introduces a new coin, the Antoninianus. The weight of this coin is a mere 1/50 of a pound. Copper disappears gradually, and by the middle of the third century, with Rome's economy in crisis, the Antonianus will be the only official currency.


Asia
Zhang Liao holds off Sun Quan's invasion force at the siege of Hefei.
Reign of Vachagan I, king of Caucasian Albania (215–55).
 
The year 287...something was probably going on in Europe. Not sure, though.
 
February 11 — Emperor Gordian III is killed by his Praetorian Prefect Philip the Arab after Philip replaces
 
NGC 5545 is a galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It is a single galaxy in pair of galaxies.

Found this in Wiki. Good old Wiki. Unfortunately nothing has happened in that year. Not yet anyway. I won't be around to find out anyway.
 
236 AD: Zhang Zhao, minister of Eastern Wu dies.

His political skills were apparently impressive. o.O
 
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