The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
is the weapon used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail to destroy a killer rabbit. The instructions for its use are in the holy book of Armaments. Particularly important is the counting to three after the pulling of the pin (complicated by King Arthur's mental block on counting).
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August 25 - Henri Fantin-Latour, painter
August 29 - Murat V, deposed Ottoman sultan
September 26 - John F. Stairs, businessman, statesman
October 4 - ...