Blasphemy

The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or a sacred thing.

Fact of the Day

Philip II of France decided on his wedding day that he didn't like his wife. So he sent her to a nunnery and ordered her to stay there.

Quote of the Day

"I believe I forgot to tell you I was made a Duke. "
~ Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

On This Day

39 Roman Emperor Titus, son of Vespasian, was born.
1460 Richard, Duke of York is killed at the Battle of Wakefield.
1887 A petition, signed by 1 million women in Britain, was sent to Queen Victoria. It called for pubs to be closed on Sundays.
1922 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was established.
1999 Former Beatle George Harrison survived an assassination attempt at his Friar Park Estate.