“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” the second book in the series, was published by Bloomsbury in the UK.
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Charles J. Guiteau shot US President James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C.
During a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina, the National Weather Service reported an alligator falling from the sky.
American aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared.
Martin Luther was almost struck by lightning and became a monk.
The first Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, was arrested for high treason in England.
