December 24 Calendar 427 Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople 1069 Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies 1257 John I, Count of Hainaut (1246-57), dies at 39 1380 John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies 1453 John Dunstable, English composer, dies at approximately 63 Portuguese explorer and viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55
1541 Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 1548 Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies 1660 Mary [Maria Henrietta], English Princess Royal, Princess of Orange, wife of William II, dies of smallpox at 29 [NS] 1707 Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78 1813 Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. Read More...
The Food and Drug Administration warned parents on Wednesday about the dangers of using teething products that contain the popular numbing agent benzocaine.
The FDA said that benzocaine can have a rare, but serious side effect on children, and especially those under 2 years old. The local anesthetic can cause a condition called methemoglobinemia, which reduces the amount of oxygen in a person’s blood and can be life-threatening, according to the FDA. Read More...
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday, June 6, 2024. Built in 1955, the Ikoyi prison is located in the highbrow area of Lagos Island with the facility sharing its high fence with residential buildings. Tunji-Ojo said many prison facilities in the country have been encroached on by urbanisation as some of them are a few metres away from the next house. Read More...