🕰️🌞 What happened today? 🤷‍♀️🤓

I agree with you. A lot of people died for no specific reason during the French Revolution. I mean, I’m glad that we have more freedom and rights than under the Monarchy, but the royal family and a lot of people were really mistreated.

Our teacher said that you can just say that someone was against the revolution and they would just get that person and put him in the guillotine without any way that he can fight against that. That is really bad because it has nothing to do about crimes, but you can just say that someone said something and that is enough. And I am against the guillotine. 🙄🙄

2️⃣ Like @Esma-Nur already said above today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This was because of a protest at the Trocadéro in Paris where on 17 October 1987 people demonstrated that extreme poverty is against the human rights. I looked that up and here you can read about that news: https://www.unesco.org/en/days/poverty-eradication I saw online that the Trocadéro is a square, but maybe @Etienne, @Lianshen and @Sabri_KC know why they chose that square for the protesting?

Often times I go to the Trocadéro square 😀 There’s a gorgeous and lovely view of the Eiffel Tower and other surrounding buildings ! The protests are quite rare, but it’s quite an emblematic square since the Eiffel Tower is right in front of it, so it’s a symbolic place where people want to protest.

Our teacher said that you can just say that someone was against the revolution and they would just get that person and put him in the guillotine without any way that he can fight against that. That is really bad because it has nothing to do about crimes, but you can just say that someone said something and that is enough. And I am against the guillotine. 🙄🙄

Yes exactly. That’s why the period after the French Revolution is often referred as "La grande terreur" (the great terror). First period in 1792, and second period in 1793-1794, during those two periods, every person that was supporting the monarchy, or only suspected to, was/could be executed. Robespierre is a politician who took part in the revolution, but he also contributed to that period, so bad that he ended up being executed as well…..

Robespierre was a criminal

Robespierre was a criminal

I don’t like him neither. I don’t understand why his name was given to some streets or bus stops. @Lianshen do you know more about this or can you correct me about some mistakes I would have said about Robespierre ?

Often times I go to the Trocadéro square 😀 There’s a gorgeous and lovely view of the Eiffel Tower and other surrounding buildings ! The protests are quite rare, but it’s quite an emblematic square since the Eiffel Tower is right in front of it, so it’s a symbolic place where people want to protest.

In Amsterdam it is De Dam square where you can protest. And of course in The Hague there are places and other cities.

Yes exactly. That’s why the period after the French Revolution is often referred as "La grande terreur" (the great terror). First period in 1792, and second period in 1793-1794, during those two periods, every person that was supporting the monarchy, or only suspected to, was/could be executed. Robespierre is a politician who took part in the revolution, but he also contributed to that period, so bad that he ended up being executed as well…..

I know that he was also put under the guillotine because people hated him right that he executed so many people and everybody was only afraid and angry at him. So it is strange that they name streets of him. I dont understand that.

There’s also something sad that happened today on 17th October 1961 : There was a massacre of Algerians during the Algerian war, and some Algerians who were peacefully protesting in Paris, and the police brutally repressed the protest, throwing some protesters in the Seine River.

Sorry for this bad news but this really is a duty of remembrance for everyone and for me as a French/Algerian.

There’s also something sad that happened today on 17th October 1961 : There was a massacre of Algerians during the Algerian war, and some Algerians who were peacefully protesting in Paris, and the police brutally repressed the protest, throwing some protesters in the Seine River.

Sorry for this bad news but this really is a duty of remembrance for everyone and for me as a French/Algerian.

Thank you very much @Sabri_KC for sharing that. Yes I agree that any important news that happened in the past on this day you can mention it in this forum. So merci beaucoup!! 🙏🙏

I found what @Sabri_KC mentioned about what happened in Paris. Here is the news about it: https://webdoc.france24.com/october-17-1961-massacre-algerians-paris-france-police-history/

Today is 18 October and this happened in the past:

1️⃣ On this day in 1898 Puerto Rico become from the United States after the Spanish-American War. And also on this day in 1867 the American flag was flown to Sitka because America bought Alaska from Russia. I was surprised about this news because I did not know that Alaska was from Russia before!! 🙄🙄

2️⃣ The West Side Story was a musical film and it was for the first time in the American cinemas on this day in 1961. Did anybody see that movie or musical?? 📺📽️🎞️

3️⃣ Today in 2007 the old prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto returned to her home country and hours later she was ALMOST killed when her car and others were bombed in Karachi. In December she was murdered. I looked online for news and also old photos and I found this: https://achievement.org/achiever/benazir-bhutto/

4️⃣ These people have birthdays today: the old prime minister of Canada: Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919), the person who maybe killed JFK: Lee Harvey Oswald (1939) and American musician: Chuck Berry (1926). 🍰🎂🎊🎀

Today is 19 October and this happened in the past:

1️⃣ It said online that on 19 October 2003 Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa, who had won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her charity work. Does anybody know what beatified means? Does it mean she is made holy? 🙄🙄

2️⃣ On this day in 1812, Napoleon began retreating from Russia after he lost fighting against them.😬

3️⃣ I also found that on 19 October 1781, Britain's Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, handing a huge victory to American General George Washington and effectively ending the American Revolution and assuring America's independence. 🕰️🔍

Does anybody have other news that happened on this day in the past? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Once someone has been beatified, that person may be officially and publicly venerated in a certain part of the Church. During canonization, the cult of a saint is extended to the level of the entire Church.

Once someone has been beatified, that person may be officially and publicly venerated in a certain part of the Church. During canonization, the cult of a saint is extended to the level of the entire Church.

Thank you @Fleurke!! I looked it up on google and i found this: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/beatified I never heard of that word in English before!! 😛

Thank you @Fleurke!! I looked it up on google and i found this: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/beatified I never heard of that word in English before!! 😛

Yes i send it also to you lol

Today is 19 October and this happened in the past:

1️⃣ It said online that on 19 October 2003 Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa, who had won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her charity work. Does anybody know what beatified means? Does it mean she is made holy? 🙄🙄

2️⃣ On this day in 1812, Napoleon began retreating from Russia after he lost fighting against them.😬

3️⃣ I also found that on 19 October 1781, Britain's Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, handing a huge victory to American General George Washington and effectively ending the American Revolution and assuring America's independence. 🕰️🔍

Does anybody have other news that happened on this day in the past? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

I found one more fact that happened today in the past:

4️⃣ On this day in 2005 the trial of Saddam Hussein begins in Iraq. He was killed later on 30 December 2006 by the government of Iraq.

I found one more fact that happened today in the past:

4️⃣ On this day in 2005 the trial of Saddam Hussein begins in Iraq. He was killed later on 30 December 2006 by the government of Iraq.

Thank you @Yue because with your true or false forums i learned alot

Today is 20 October and this happened in the past:

1️⃣ The Sydney Opera House was opened on this day in 1973 by Queen Elizabeth II from England. The Opera House was designed by the Danish architect Jørn Utzon.

2️⃣ On this day in 2011, the Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi was killed by rebel forces after a revolt that was helped by other countries. Now in Libya there is still no peace and it is maybe one of the most dangerous countries in Africa.

3️⃣ These people were born on 20 October: actor Bela Lugosi (1882) who played Dracula in the black and white movie and the rapper Snoop Dogg (1971)

Today is 21 October and this happened in the past:

1️⃣ Today in 1854 Florence Nightingale was sent with a staff of 38 nurses to the Crimean War. This is what the website said about Florence Nightingale: “Florence Nightingale was an English nurse known for her activities during the Crimean War, for which she earned the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp" after her late-night rounds to care for wounded soldiers. She was also a pioneer in statistics, inventing the Nightingale rose diagram—a predecessor to the modern pie chart. Nightingale was responsible for modernizing nursing and setting high standards for sanitation, which ultimately saved countless lives.”

2️⃣ Today in 1959 the Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City. Here you can see about the Guggenheim Museum: https://www.guggenheim.org . There are also Guggenheim museums in Bilbao , Venice and Abu Dhabi

3️⃣ On this day in 1805 was the Battle of Trafalgar. The British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the combined French and Spanish fleet. Nelson is shot and killed during the battle. I have two websites about news facts on a day and they both mentioned this battle to be very important.

4️⃣ These people were born today: Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite and other explosives and who also founded the Nobel Prizes, was born on this day in in 1833 in Stockholm. Also Kim Kardashian (1980) has her birthday today.