Today in History
October
24th is the anniversary of the firing squad execution of Norwegian traitor Vidkun Quisling, in 1945. His ignominious place in history
was to have his surname become a noun. "Quisling" is now
a moniker synonymous with treason and alliance with an invading army. Something
tells me that the popularity of bestowing "Vidkun" as a boys' name in
Scandinavia dropped precipitously after about 1942. Ditto for
"Adolf", in Germany, and "Benito", in Italy, certainly by
1944.
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