1/8 House Democratic leader Hale Boggs of Louisiana (L) appears with Rep. Nick Begich, D-Alaska, on October 15, 1972, one day before the two disappeared along with two others during a flight from Anchorage to Juneau. All four men were declared dead December 29, 1972. File Photo by Robert Musgrave/Carl Albert Research and Studies Center Oct. 16 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1701, Yale University was founded. Advertisement In 1793, following her conviction for treason, French Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, was beheaded on the Place de la Revolution. In 1859, abolitionist John Brown led...