1863: Union Army Colonel Robert Gould Shaw lead the first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infrantry, in an assault on Fort Wagner in South Carolina. Shaw was killed leading his men up a parapet. The battle sequence, depicted in the 1989 film, Glory, broke the Hollywood standard of "the black man dies first."
Friday, July 17, 2009
This Day in History
64: The Great fire of Rome started among the shops near Circus Maximus, a result of the world's first fire sale. Interestingly enough, a second fire sale happened the next week in the real estate market, as the devastating fire had driven property rates down in 11 of Rome's 14 districts.
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