World’s Longest-Reigning Monarch Is Dead At 88

After an astonishing seven decades in power, the world’s longest reigning monarch has passed away. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who took power 70 years ago, when the country was still called Siam, died in Bangkok Thursday afternoon. The Royal Household Bureau, in a brief statement, said that the king died peacefully at Siriraj Hospital. The palace…