On this date in 1793, King Louis the XVI....

[JohnnyRingo]

...and Marie Antoinette were executed by guillotine for treason.

Those were the days, I'm tellin' ya.

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were executed for treason. Louis had failed to address France's financial problems, instigating the French Revolution that eventually descended upon him. He made matters worse by often escaping to more pleasurable activities like hunting and locksmithing. Modern historians attribute this behavior to a clinical depression that left him prone to paralyzing indecisiveness.

More here:
https://www.biography.com/royalty/louis-xvi

I guess history does indeed echo throughout

[Arne]

1. Can we get one of Quillotine things?

[underpants]

2. Yeah but I heard they had cake at the event

but A different kind of I scream.

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

[Mme. Defarge]

4. You're telling moi?

[PlanetBev]

5. Alan Sherman's rendition ringing in my ear

Louie the XVI was the king of France, in 1789.
He was worse than Louie the Fifteenth
He was worse than Louie the Fourteenth
He was worse than Louie the Thirteenth
He was the worst, since Louie the First.

[FakeNoose]

6. He could have abdicated, but he refused

He kept hoping the loyal monarchists were going to stage another revolution, tear up the new French Constitution, and reinstate him as the King of France. That never happened and he was found guilty of treason.

[JohnnyRingo]

10. Trump or Louis?

Sounds familiar.

[FakeNoose]

12. Well, I was referring to Louis XVI

... but take your pick.

[abqtommy]

7. I have read that first there was The French Revolution and that was then followed by

The French Terror which included sham trials and real beheadings for some while others were deported to
French Canada. Studying history can be very illuminating!

[pecosbob]

8. ...and then followed by that git Napoleon.

[abqtommy]

9. Plus the war between the English and the French in North America then the American Revolution and..

and...and...well, you get the idea!

[DemocraticPatriot]

11. They were not executed on the same day.

The king was first. The queen was executed nine months later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Louis_XVI

[LeftInTX]

13. What It Was Like to Witness the Guillotine:

[panader0]

14. A guillotined head can live for 10 to 13 seconds after it hits the basket.

https://www.thoughtco.com/head-guillotined-individual-remain-briefly-alive-1221876

[JohnnyRingo]

15. Our luck...

...it'd be enough time to tweet about the Russia hoax.

Wait... Which traitor who trashed the economy and spends his time at leisure games were you talking about?

Thanx for that link anyway.