May 1, 2011
Elusive leader of al-Qaeda and disowned member of the billionaire Saudi bin Laden family. On the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list since 1999.
Update: Frankly, I am stunned by the coincidence that Osama bin Laden was announced as dead this evening. Perhaps I should have posted an 8-bit version of him years ago? Does publishing primitive pixel art stop terrorism? What.
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April 30, 2011
Former President of Iraq and central figure of the Persian Gulf War of 1991. Was executed by hanging in December 2006. Or was he?
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April 27, 2011
The Soviet Union underwent a process of de-Stalinization after this guy.
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April 26, 2011
Here come the 8-bit dictators, starting with Nazi Germany’s Führer .
P.S. This is a vaguely related song by Dan Bern .
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April 20, 2011
The iconic Chairman behind the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution in China.
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