MP3 of the Day

On this day in 1793, Marie-Antoinette was beheaded. At a time of economic turmoil in France, she lived extravagantly and encouraged her husband to resist reform of the monarchy. The increasing revolutionary uproar convinced the king and queen to attempt an escape to Austria in 1791, but they were captured by revolutionary forces and carried back to Paris. In 1792, the French monarchy was abolished, and Louis and Marie-Antoinette were condemned for treason. Today we have the song Everything's Sublime by THE FREE FRENCH from the album Running On Batteries.