Sahure was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the second ruler of the Fifth Dynasty, who reigned for about 12 years in the early 25th century BC during the Old Kingdom Period. He was probably the son of his predecessor Userkaf with Queen Neferhetepes II, and was in turn succeeded by his son Neferirkare Kakai. Sahure's reign marked the political and cultural high point of the Fifth Dynasty. He launched naval expeditions to modern-day Lebanon to procure cedar trees, slaves and exotic items. His expedition to the land of Punt brought back large quantities of myrrh, malachite and electrum. A relief in his mortuary temple shows him celebrating the success of this venture by tending a myrrh tree. Sahure sent expeditions to the turquoise and copper mines in Sinai and ordered military campaigns that captured livestock from Libyan chieftains in the Western Desert. His pyramid in Abusir is smaller than those of the preceding Fourth Dynasty, but his mortuary temple is more elaborate.

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1947:

Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (both pictured), who was given the title Duke of Edinburgh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh

1990:

Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, was arrested in Novocherkassk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo

2003:

Suicide bombers blew up the British consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank in Istanbul, killing 59 people, including consul general Roger Short and actor Kerem Yılmazer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Istanbul_bombings

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Nuremberg defense: 1. (ethics, international law, idiomatic) An explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner, claiming that acted in this way because one was ordered by others (particularly superiors) to do so. 2. (US law, by extension) An explanation offered as a defense to criminal or wrongful behavior, claiming that one is justified in not obeying a governmental order or a domestic law because the order or law is itself unlawful. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nuremberg_defense

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