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Today in Rotten History

Feb 7 1812
New Madrid earthquake shakes Missouri with an estimated magnitude of 8.2, as strong as any in the West. The quake destroys 150,000 acres of forest, and would have caused massive damage had it occurred in modern times.

Feb 7 1845
A drunken visitor to the British Museum smashes the irreplaceable Portland Vase into over 200 pieces. The elaborate glass amphora was created when Augustus was Caesar and is about ten inches high. It takes months to repair.

Feb 7 1968
"It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." -- U.S. Army Major, regarding the village of Ben Tre, Vietnam, in an AP dispatch.

Feb 7 1969
Beatle George Harrison has his tonsils removed. He had them destroyed to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.

Feb 7 1989
Washed up tennis player Bjorn Borg has his stomach pumped after he overdoses on sleeping pills in Madrid, Spain.

Feb 7 1991
Mortar rounds are fired by the IRA at No. 10 Downing Street, the residence of British Prime Minister John Major. No injuries resulted but the door was severely dented.

Feb 7 1995
Rapper Tupac Shakur sentenced to 4.5 years for grabbing somebody's ass (sexual abuse, "forcibly touching the buttocks").

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