The first Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, was arrested for high treason in England.
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'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,' the second book in the series, was published by Bloomsbury in the UK.
During a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina, the National Weather Service reported an alligator falling from the sky.
Charles J. Guiteau shot US President James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C.
Martin Luther was almost struck by lightning and became a monk.
The Salvation Army was founded in London by Methodist preacher William Booth and his wife, Catherine Booth.
