U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt loved animals, and had a variety of pets while in office. What were they?
Answer: Amongst other things, Roosevelt kept a badger, a pig, a bear, a one-legged rooster and a hyena.
Source: Encyclopedia of the American Presidency by Michael A. Genovese
1435 – An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ends the partnership between the English and Burgundy in the seemingly endless slaughter of the Hundred Years’ War.
1792 – During the French Revolution the National Convention abolishes the monarchy. In January of the following year Louis XVI will be executed and his wife Marie Antoinette in October.
1898 – Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days’ Reform in China.
1933 – Promoter and impressario Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
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