The October Revolution

At least the Wittlesbachs weren't tsars

November seventh turns out to be the anniversary of three of the oldest things around. In 1492, on the outskirts of Ensisheim, France, a meteorite fell — it’s the oldest one with a record of when it arrived. Then in 1665, in London, the London Gazette was first published. It’s the oldest journal in the world that still exists. And in 1786, in Stoughton,…