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the shadow of death

March 24, 1932 - The race horse, Omaha, was foaled on March 24, 1932 in Paris, Kentucky.

His sire, Gallant Fox, was the winner of the Triple Crown in 1930.

Omaha achieved the same feat in 1935, and they became the only father-son duo to reach that milestone.

Omaha was brought to Nebraska by a breeder in 1950 and was buried at Ak-Sar-Ben following his death in 1959.

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Jack Kevorkian Convicted of Second-Degree Murder (1999)
By 1998, Dr. Jack Kevorkian had been prosecuted numerous times—without being convicted—for the deaths of terminally ill patients whose suicides he had admittedly assisted. However, after the TV program 60 Minutes aired a videotape of him administering a lethal injection to a man who was too physically debilitated to commit suicide on his own, Kevorkian was charged with murder. He chose to defend himself in court and was convicted. He was paroled eight years later

The 10 FREAKIEST COINCIDENCES in History
No.1 was spot on

https://youtu.be/H8BHXtbSvkE?t=109

Today in History - March 27: Chief Standing Bear, other members of Ponca Tribe detained at Fort Omaha

On this day in 1879, Chief Standing Bear and other members of the Ponca tribe were detained at Fort Omaha.

They had returned to Nebraska after being forced to relocate by the U.S. government.

Standing Bear sued the federal government, but the U.S. government argued he couldn’t sue, claiming he wasn’t a person.

The case ended with a U.S. federal judge ruling that Indigenous people are persons under U.S. law, a pivotal civil rights moment.

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Vikings Capture Paris (845 CE)
Ragnar Lodbrok was a Norse hero of the Viking Age whose life—which was spent largely invading one country after another—has been mixed with myth in many legendary accounts. One of his favorite tactics was to attack Christian cities on holy days, as he did in 845, when he arrived in Paris on Holy Saturday with 120 ships. By some accounts, he accepted a tribute of 7,000 pounds of silver from French King Charles the Bald in exchange for sparing the city.

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The Sicilian Vespers Rebellion (1282)
By 1282, the French Angevin dynasty had controlled of the island of Sicily for decades. However, at the start of the traditional vespers service on Easter Monday, an uprising spontaneously broke out following a seemingly isolated altercation in which local residents sparred with French soldiers. The revolt spread like wildfire, and soon the Sicilians had massacred almost every French person on the island.