America's debt is the largest in the world for a single country. It runs neck and neck with that of the European Union, an economic union of 28 countries. For more, see Sovereign Debt Rankings. The debt is greater than what America produces in a whole year.
This deadly wound was in Julius Caesar's chest. Brutus, perhaps the most famous of Julius Caesar's assassins, stabbed the great man in the groin. Caesar landed only one counterattack when he stabbed Publius Servilius Casca Longus, the first perpetrator, in the arm with a stylus.
1 48 BCE: Julius Caesar was engaged in a civil war with another Roman leader, Pompey. 2  Pompey had been defeated in a battle and fled to Egypt. 3  Caesar was pursuing him but Pompey was assassinated upon his arrival in Egypt before Caesar arrived in Egypt. 4  Caesar was left with idle time.