1.0link231369<![CDATA[Vivre Bastille Day!]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-lurio/vivre-bastille-day_b_231369.htmlI almost forgot.... today's Bastille Day! On this day in 1789, about 600 rioters overwhelmed the guards at the notorious political prison and freed SEVEN whole prisoners. They also killed a number of the employees there.
The reason that this is the National Day of France is that this was the point of no return for the French revolution. The reason for the French Revolution was that France was broke and in a severe depression and King Louis XVI didn't...