📜 May 13: On This Day in History |  | Cutting edge of invention |  Image: Mashed | Each of the following events happened on May 13. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom! - A) Annoyed by guests picking their teeth at the table, French Cardinal Richelieu is said to have ordered the tips of his sharp knives rounded off. Thus, the table knife is introduced. (The new implements also spread butter better.)
- B) “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and Pete Rose, two players previously banned from the MLB for life for involvement with gambling on the sport, are posthumously reinstated by Commissioner Rob Manfred.
- C) With tension mounting because of America’s recent annexation of Texas, the US Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of declaring war on Mexico in a dispute over the Lone Star State.
- D) Philadelphia police drop a bomb on the headquarters of MOVE, an African American separatist group, following a 90-minute gun battle. The bomb caused a fire to break out that leveled a city block, killing 11 people and incinerating 61 homes.
Hint: Texas’ annexation was rejected by 2 prior US presidents before it succeeded. |
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📜 Answers | | A, C, D, B - A) 1610 – The table knife is introduced.
- C) 1846 – US Congress overwhelmingly votes to declare war on Mexico.
- D) 1985 – Philadelphia police drop a bomb on MOVE headquarters, leveling a city block.
- B) 2025 – “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and Pete Rose are posthumously reinstated to Major League Baseball.
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