oct 1, 1789 - At the banquet des Gardes du Corps du Roi in Versailles, which Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and the Dauphin attended at dessert time, the King's guards put on the white royal cocarde

The false news quickly reaches Paris that the guards had trampled on the tricolor and causes outrage.

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~ 235 years ago

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