In 1844, Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were shot dead by a mob in Illinois, USA.

In 1886, William Ewart Gladstone said: "All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes."

In 1990, authorities in Florence decreed that horses drawing carriages in the city must wear a form of nappies.

From the Telegraph & Argus of June 28th, 1978...

A television licence fee based on a person's income is being suggested by Spen Labour PM Colin Jackson as the answer to the problem of the controversial 5p concessionary licence for old-age pensioners. Mr Jackson has received a complaint from a constituent who says that while an old age pensioner living in an upstairs flat on a local council estate has to pay the full licence fee, those in downstairs flats on the same estate pay only 5p per year.

From the Telegraph & Argus of June 28th, 1953...

A Brighouse "wuzzer" defied the efforts of the TV What's My Line? panel to discover his job. He was Mr Fred Woods, who later explained to the team that he "wuzzed" the water out of nylon. Panel expert Gilbert Harding, who has a considerable knowledge of the West Riding, immediately placed Mr Woods in textiles, but his research into tops and noils led the team off the scent. This was the last What's My Line? programme in the present series.