October 8th


95: Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace. But other than that... there were no hard feelings.


1912: Montenegro declares war against Turkey... and begins a covert conflict with c cranberry sauce.


1974: Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement... but mostly because they didn't chain down the pens like all the other banks.