Hollow Leg History | August 29

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The Temple of Jerusalem burns after a nine-month Roman siege. In victory, the Romans slaughtered thousands. Of those spared from death, they were enslaved and sent to toil in the mines of Egypt, others were dispersed to arenas throughout the Empire to be butchered for the amusement of the public. The Temple's sacred relics were taken to Rome where they were displayed in celebration of the victory.

1533

Pizarro Executes Last Inca Emperor Atahuallpa. The 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro’s Spanish conquistadors. The execution of Atahuallpa, the last free reigning emperor, marked the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.

1786

Farmers rise up in Massachusetts. Protesting high taxes and political corruption, American farmers begin a military standoff that closes the federal court in Springfield. Shays' Rebellion will eventually be defeated by a private militia, but it will sufficiently rattle national leaders to call for a stronger national government to suppress future uprisings.

1831

English chemist and autodidact Michael Faraday publically demonstrates his discovery of electromagnetism, or as he calls it, a 'wave of electricity,' via electromagnetic induction. His discovery of this energy transmission will help generate mankind's electrical revolution.

1862

North and South clash at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Confederate General Robert E. Lee deals a stinging defeat to Union General John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia—a battle that arose out of the failure of Union General George McClellan’s Peninsular campaign earlier in the summer.

1945

U.S. airborne troops are landed in transport planes at Atsugi airfield, southwest of Tokyo, beginning the post-war occupation of Japan.

1949

USSR successfully detonates their first nucular bomb. Twenty kilotons of nuclear fission flatten a purpose-built 'town' in a remote part of the USSR's Kazakh Republic, and the Soviet Union is now on par with the US as the only other nuclear power on the globe. Called 'First Lightning,' the Soviet's atom bomb is born of espionage and scientific brilliance.

2005

Once roiling with Category 5 strength over the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Katrina has weakened, but it's still packing ferocious winds, as it makes landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana. A massive storm surge will breach levies, devastating that city as Katrina becomes one of the worst natural disasters in US history.