At least one man was killed in violence at a rally in Peru's capital on Wednesday, said President Jose Jeri, whose accession days ago has failed to stamp out angry protests against the country's political class. Youth-led demonstrations brought thousands of Peruvians, frustrated by the authorities' failure to resolve a worsening crime crisis, onto the streets in Lima and several other cities.
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- On this day in 1793, nine months after her husband, King Louis XVI, met his fate at the guillotine, Marie Antoinette followed him to the same scaffold on October 16, 1793. Once the glittering symbol of royal excess, she became the face of France’s rage against its monarchy. Amid economic crisis and public hunger, her lavish lifestyle and resistance to reform only deepened resentment. By 1792, the monarchy had fallen — and soon after, the former queen was condemned for treason.
