On this date in Labour History …
October 16, 1793: Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, is beheaded during the French Revolution. When alerted that the peasants were suffering due to widespread bread shortages, lore has it that she replied, “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche” [“Let them eat cake.”]. In fact she never said that, but workers were, justifiably, ready to believe anything bad about their cold-hearted royalty
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