2018:

The body of a poet is found in a sunless cellar.

1674:

The young royals wronged by Richard III are found under a staircase.

2018:

Two Spanish queens go viral for trading harsh—and unknown—words at church.

c. 1560:

A fight between two queens is saved for posterity.

2018:

Trump humiliates underlings with firings; the media reports metaphoric “stays of execution.”

c. 40:

Caligula condemns underlings to fight wild beasts after they fail to acknowledge his genius.

2018:

Facebook disappears an ad featuring a woman’s—gasp—upper back.

1880:

Mark Twain has opinions about Titian’s depiction of Venus.

2018:

Russian athletes prefer their steroids shaken, not stirred.

c. 530:

Ancient Olympians use illegal curses to defeat the opposition.

2018:

Scientists look at the variables and find encroaching apocalypse.

c. 2235 BC:

An ancient king consults the gods and sees encroaching apocalypse—for those he hates.

2018:

A Bollywood film leads to protests because of inaccurate whispers about a blasphemous scene that doesn’t exist.

1929:

The idea of a film about Martin Luther leads to protests, again and again—as does any other movie touching religion.

2018:

Man auctions Dixie cup that could have touched the lips of Elvis.

1921:

Man auctions Lord Byron’s cup made from a human skull.