TY  - BOOK
AU  - Farquhar, Michael.
AU  - Ghigini, Giulia.
TI  - Bad days in history: a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of the year 
SN  - 9781426218071
AV  - D 11 .C76 2007 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Washington
PB  - National Geographic
KW  - WORLD HISTORY
KW  - BIOGRAPHY
KW  - CURIOSITIES AND WONDERS
KW  - DISASTERS
KW  - ERRORS
KW  - HISTORY
N1  - Includes index; January.--February.--March.--April.--May.-June.--July.--August.--September.--October.--November.--December
N2  - History is full of struggle and triumph, determination and discovery, courage and revolution-and, let's face it, some really bad days. In this wickedly entertaining book, best-selling author Michael Farquhar chronicles epic misfortunes, losses, displays of terrible luck, and general mayhem and horror for every day of the year. Here are 365 uproarious entries that reveal the past uncensored, with blunders and catastrophes from ancient times to modern day. Kings and presidents, entrepreneurs and pop icons, tyrants and swindlers: All are subject to misfortune, and this day-by-day record offers one glorious fiasco after the next
ER  -