This Day in History
Antoine Lavoisier Tried, Convicted, and Guillotined (1794)
Lavoisier was a French nobleman known today as the "father of modern chemistry." He stated the first version of the Law of Conservation of Matter, co-discovered and named oxygen, developed the first periodic table of elements, and introduced the metric system. He was also chairman of the board of the Discount Bank. He was beheaded during the Reign of Terror because, as one of the farmers general, one of his duties was to do what?MORE
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Harry S. Truman (1884)
Truman was the 33rd president of the US who is remembered for his decision to drop the Atomic Bomb and for his opposition to Communism. A Democrat who largely accepted the New Deal tradition, he presided over victory in WWII and the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe. His administration also oversaw the beginning of the Cold War, the 2nd Red Scare, and the desegregation of the armed forces. What American sayings did he popularize?MORE
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