A bank robbery was committed by Bolsheviks on 26 June 1907 in the city of Tiflis, Russian Empire, what is now Georgia's capital, Tbilisi. Planned by Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Maxim Litvinov, Leonid Krasin, and Alexander Bogdanov, it was carried out by revolutionaries led by Stalin's early associate Kamo. The attack killed forty people and injured fifty others; the robbers escaped with 341,000 rubles. The Bolsheviks were unable to use most of the large banknotes they had stolen because the serial numbers were known to the police. Lenin thought of a plan to have the notes cashed simultaneously throughout Europe, but this strategy failed. Kamo was imprisoned for this and other crimes, but was released after the Russian Revolution; no other major conspirator was ever tried. After his death, Kamo was buried under a monument constructed near the robbery site, but the grave and monument have since been removed.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907_Tiflis_bank_robbery

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1889:

Bangui (city centre pictured), the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic, was founded in French Congo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangui

1906:

The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, was held outside Le Mans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_French_Grand_Prix

1936:

The first prototype of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first fully controllable helicopter, made its maiden flight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_61

2013:

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, granting federal recognition to same-sex marriage; furthermore, it struck down Proposition 8, legalizing same-sex marriage in California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollingsworth_v._Perry

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

indri: One of the largest living lemurs, Indri indri, which is native to Madagascar. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indri

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things.   --Chesty Puller https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller