Historical Events

1581 English Jesuit priest Edmund Campion arrested for sedition in Anglican England (later hung, drawn and quartered)

1682 British composer Henry Purcell appointed organist of Chapel Royal, London

The Priestley Riots

1791 The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley , a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England

1876 British battleship HMS Thunderer boiler explodes during full-power sea trial near Portsmouth, England; 45 sailors killed and 40 injured

1933 Hedley Verity bowls out Essex twice in a day, 8-47 & 9-44 for Yorkshire at Leyton

Spring Symphony

1949 Benjamin Britten 's choral symphony "Spring Symphony" premieres in Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

1955 Two killed and many dazed by lightning strikes at Ascot racecourse in England

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