Augusto Pinochet took over Chile and ruled it with an iron fist for appx. 16 1/2 years.

Source material: https://web.archive.org/web/20130717091113/http://www.minrel.gob.cl:80/minrel/site/edic/base/port/inicio.html

21 years ago today:

September 7, 1999

Voice of Apple Bloom

Happy belated Independence Day everypony!

Happy belated Canada Day, everypony!

The story I am currently typing up was originally going to be an Mlp/Hunger Games crossover, with the main character’s name being Clovis, and the title being either A New Family in Equestria or From Panem to Equestria, but that was a failed idea.

I decided to make this a story with Harry Potter plot elements, and the main character’s name being Eric, with the series being titled ‘The Magical Adventures of Eric Sparkle’