This Day in History

[glatt]

1999 – A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno...

as I read this, I started off thinking it was the set-up for a joke.

And then the punchline:

kills 38 people.

Wait. That's not funny. That's horrible.

[xoxoxoBruce]

1663 – The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.

Crony Capitalism, the roots of America.