Apparently, even the original design of umbrellas weren’t designed to withstand a gust of wind from underneath. Centuries later, we see that not even a priest could rescue a poor maid when her umbrella thusly failed.
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This Day in History- Mexican Emperor Maximilian I Executed by Firing Squad (1867) 19 June 2013In the 1860s, France sought to establish an empire in Mexico. Ferdinand Maximilian, an Austrian navy chief and member of the Habsburg dynasty, accepted Napoleon III's offer of the throne, naively believing that the Mexicans had voted him their king. In reality, Maximilian's only support came from the French army, and the empire was doomed. In 1866, […]
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