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They congregated in the castellated abbey to try to shelter themselves from the Red Death by throwing parties while keeping contagious people outside. When the ebony clock struck, what did the masqueraders and musicians do? They came to a halt in their work, and the abbey fell silent.
In the year 1914, the U.S. congress passed the Harrison act. This act taxed and regulated the importation, distribution, and production of cocaine and opiates. This Harrison Act or also known as the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was a federal law in the United States which was proposed by the representative of New York, Francis Burton Harrison and this act was approved on the 17th of December, 1914.
Kristallnacht... The night of broken glass... Was a night of attacking the Jews of Germany. This was still in the beginning stages of the Holocaust. The world didn't know, but if they did... They would've done something. But everyone was scared of another war. After all. They did lose an entire generation of people to the Great War.