Thursday, April 28, 2005

ON THIS DAY

On this date in 1789, most of the crew of the British ship Bounty mutinied, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal sailors adrift in an open launch in the South Pacific. Three of the mutineers were later tried, convicted and hanged. Bligh went to trial for losing his ship, and was acquitted.

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