• On Aug. 14, 1040, Scotland’s King Duncan I was killed, not in his sleep, as Shakespeare would later portray the event in his famous play, but in a battle against his cousin and rival, Macbeth, who went on to succeed Duncan as king. * On Aug. 15, 1914, architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s handyman, Julian Carlton, murdered Wright’s mistress, Martha Borthwick, along with her two children and four other adults, at Wright’s home and studio in Wisconsin before burning the home to the ground. Two men managed to escape, and Carlton died in prison several weeks later. * On Aug....

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