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The 1689 Boston revolt was a popular uprising against the rule of Sir Edmund Andros (pictured), governor of the Dominion of New England that followed the Glorious Revolution deposing James II of England, who had appointed Andros. During the revolt, on April 18, 1689, a well-organized body of Puritan citizens and militiamen entered the dominion capital of Boston and arrested officials of the dominion, a colonial entity composed of present-day Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. The rebellion was inspired by actions taken by Andros and dominion administrators, including promoting the Church of England, invalidating land titles, and famously attempting to seize the colonial charter of Connecticut. Andros had attempted to suppress news of the fall of James II, hoping to prevent even greater instability in the months before the revolt, but his efforts were in vain, and that news served as the immediate cause of the revolt. (more...)

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1811:

A theater in Richmond, Virginia, US, was destroyed by fire in what was the worst urban disaster in American history at the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Theatre_fire

1825:

Imperial Russian Army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decembrist_revolt

1846:

Trapped in the snow in the middle of the Sierra Nevada without any food left, members of the American pioneer group known as the Donner Party resorted to cannibalism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party

1900:

A relief crew arrived at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland and discovered that the previous crew had disappeared without a trace. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannan_Isles

2006:

The Hengchun earthquake struck off the southwest coast of Taiwan, on the second anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that devastated the coastal communities across Southeast and South Asia , and on the third anniversary of the 2003 Bam earthquake that destroyed areas of southeastern Iran. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Hengchun_earthquake

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oratory (n): 1. The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner. 2. Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oratory

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To each his suff'rings: all are men,

Condemn'd alike to groan, The tender for another's pain; Th' unfeeling for his own.

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