_ On April 28, 1789, the HMS Bounty was taken over in a mutiny led by master’s mate Fletcher Christian. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his faithful supporters were set adrift in a small boat but managed to navigate a journey of 4,000 miles over 42 days to safety without a single loss of life._ On April 25, 1792, French highwayman Nicholas Jacques Pelletier became the first person to be executed by guillotine after stealing a man’s wallet and killing him. The anticipated large crowd that witnessed his death was dissatisfied with the process, feeling it was too swift,