On This Date In History
July 1, 1566 -- The death of Nostradamus.
July 6, 1415 -- Jan Hus, Czech religious reformer, burned at the stake by the Council of Constance, after Emperor
Sigismund advises "If he does not abjure let him be burned."
July 7, 1776 -- James Boswell's famous deathbed interview with David Hume, in which Hume notes "that when he heard a man
was religious, he concluded he was a rascal, though he had known some instances of very good men being religious."
When asked if it was not possible there was a future state of existence after death, Hume responded It was possible
that a piece of coal put upon the fire would not burn; and he added that it was a most unreasonable fancy that he
should exist forever.
July 20, 1993 -- The newly reincarnated Skeptic mailing list (now with Taner Edis as listowner) is up and running.
25 July 1975 - James Randi offers $10,000 to anyone who can perform a psychic or paranormal feat before him under
conditions agreeable to both parties.
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