History Facts for November 18
History Fun Facts for November 18th On This Day In History, 1305, John II, Duke of Brittany, was assassinated by a wall. A slightly unusual death for the Duke. As well as the Duke of Brittany, he was also the Earl of Richmond in England. He took part in a few crusades, which was just an elaborate cover to conceal the fact they were playing Pokémon Go. With all the fighting and wars this guy was involved in, which included wars between England and France, you'd have thought he'd have been poked to death by a spear. Nope. He was attending the coronation of Pope Clement V, leading the Pope's horse through a crowd, when a wall collapsed on him due to too many spectators piling on top. He was crushed, as was his horse. On This Day In History in 1307, William Tell shot an apple off his son's head. Not an interesting death, but an almost, holy cow, he got the apple, not the head. That was lucky. William Tell was a famous marksman and folk hero back in the day in...