Historical Events
1404 – The Act of Multipliers is passed by the English Parliament forbidding alchemists to use their knowledge to create precious metals (it was feared that if any alchemist should succeed it would bring ruin upon the state)
1893 – British Independent Labour Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader)
1895 – Oscar Wilde’s “Ideal Husband” premieres in London
1915 – Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800
1984 – TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV
2014 – 14 people are killed and 7 are injured after an explosion in an illegal gambling hall in Kaili City, China
Famous Birthdays
1805 – Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
1938 – Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
1960 – Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
1969 – Orlando Miller, Changionola Panama, infielder (Houston Astros)
1972 – Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast (6 Olympic gold medals Barcelona 1992), born in Minsk, Belarus
1989 – Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer
Famous Deaths
1691 – George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66
1928 – Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57
1929 – Wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80
1974 – Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
1981 – Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83
2009 – William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons (b. 1926)