On This Day in Weird, February 13...
1933: Astronomer Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for trial
before the Inquisition as a heretic, for declaring that Earth revolves around the
sun.
1777: French authorities arrest Donatien Alphonse François,
Marquis de Sade, imprisoning him in the Château de Vincennes following his
conviction in absentia for sodomy.
1924: Archaeologists open King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's
Valley of the Kings. Rumors of lethal curses ensue and inspire innumerable
walking-mummy films.
1970: Indian authorities claim a man-eating tiger has
claimed 48 victims within 50 miles of New Delhi.
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