On this day, Sept. 11, in 1792, the French Blue diamond, eventually cut to be the Hope Diamond, was stolen along with other French crown jewels.

A group of bandits broke into the royal storeroom while King Louis XVI was under lock and key during the early stages of the French Revolution.

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