today in history

1566

French astrologer, physician and prophet Nostradamus dies in Salon

1819

The Factory Act is passed in Britain, prohibiting employment of children under nine in textile factories

1900

Naval contingent leaves Sydney in the Wallaroo to help the British suppress China’s Boxer Rebellion

1937

US aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear during an attempt to cross the Pacific

2012

Physicists say they have all but proven the “God particle” exists