Scatter Brained

32 CE (APPROX.):
 Jesus dies. His last words are recorded 
variously as “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 
(Mark and Matthew) or “It is fi nished” (John) or “Father, into 
your hands I commend my spirit” (Luke).
1635:
  Informed  that  he  is  near  death,  Spanish  playwright 
Lope Félix de Vega Carpio makes a confession: “All right, 
then. I’ll say it: Dante makes me sick.”
1793:
 Marie “Let them eat cake” Antoinette is guillotined. 
Marie 
intends
 her last words to be “Farewell, my children, 
forever. I go to your father.” But then she steps on her execu-
tioner’s foot—so her 
actual
 last words are, “Monsieur, I beg 
your pardon.”