Penal

Relating to a punishment by law.

Fact of the Day

32.4% of Shakespeare's plays contain non-Christian deities.

"The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children."

~ Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor

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.