Post by Dean W.

On this Day in History – 13th January 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) 1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter 1842 Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for (reputedly) being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad. 1882 Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal" 1893 British Independent Labour Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) 1895 Oscar Wilde's "Ideal Husband" premieres in London 1915 Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, presents plan for assault on Dardanelles 1923 Taking advantage of the chaotic condition of Germany, Hitler stages a demonstration of 5000 storm troopers and denounces the 'November crime' 1975 Henry Kissinger hints at military action against oil countries in case of "actual strangulation of the industrialized world" in the wake of oil shock