Herald

Someone employed to make proclamations.

Fact of the Day

The Wehrmacht lost more than 400,000 soldiers during the first two months of Operation Barbarossa.

"I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

~ Thomas Edison

1598 Playwright Ben Jonson was put on trial for manslaughter after killing fellow actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.

1692 The last people accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem were hanged.

1735 Robert Walpole became the first British Prime Minister to occupy 10 Downing Street.