1983 Event China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life 1971 Event KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins 1969 Event KHOF (now KAGL) TV ch 30 in San Bernardino/Glenda, California (IND) begins 1957 Death Ch'i Pai-shih, traditional Chinese painter, dies at 93 1955 Event WHTN (now WOWK) TV ch 13 in Huntington-Charleston, WV (CBS) begins 1918 Event CH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state 1918 Event Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier 1915 Event CH Chubb buys Stonehenge for 6,600 pounds 1914 Death Ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42 1913 Birthday Jack Jones, British trade unionist, CH 1912 Event Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates 1911 Birthday Reginald Victor Jones, CH, FRS natural philosopher 1910 Birthday Hugh Casson CH, architect 1871 Birthday Ch Morgenstern, writer 1864 Death Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71 1863 Birthday Ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter 1836 Death Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer, dies 1803 Death Ch de Laclos, writer, dies 1793 Birthday Ch Sealsfield, writer 1758 Birthday Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer 1636 Birthday Yen Jo-chu, Chinese scholar of Ch'ing dynasty 739 Death P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies 732 Event Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line