April 28, 2011

April 28th: The Mutiny on the Bounty, 1789

This is Thursday October Christian, son of Fletcher Christian. Fletcher didn't want his son to have a name that reminded him of England, but apparently he didn't have anything against calendars.
Illustration by John Shillibeer, 1814.

Today is the anniversary of the Mutiny on the Bounty. Read more.here. 

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