October 29th


312: Roman Emperor Maxentius' body is fished out the Tiber and beheaded... making his drowning all the more uncomfortable.


1618: Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against King James I. Raleigh gets his revenge years later by getting everyone addicted to his cigarettes.


1983: Over 500,000 people demonstrate against cruise missiles in The Hague, Netherlands. In a predictably bloody scene, the cruise missiles win.