Nicholas Breakspear became the only Englishman to be elected to the Papacy today in 1154. After that, it was mostly Italians, with a few Frenchmen. And for all you feminists out there, 'Pope Joan' was only fictional - soz.
In other news ...
President Rutherford B Hayes told Congress today in 1877 -
'Many, if not most, of our Indian wars have had their origins in broken promises and injustice on our part.'
He got that absolutely right, but most of white America wasn't listening and the massacre at Wounded Knee was still to come.
