U.S. President James Garfield is Shot by an Assassin
One bullet grazed his elbow, but a second lodged in the back of President James Garfield, who was shot July 2, 1881, as he waited …
1881
Lord Acton: “All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Lord Acton wrote to Bishop Mandell Creighton, April 5, 1881: “All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” His name’s way cooler than …