1998 Death Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles, politician, Labor Party, teacher, founding editor, Searchlight, anti-fascist magazine, dies 1931 Birthday Joan Lestor, born in England, Baroness Lestor of Eccles, politician, Labor Party, teacher, founding editor, Searchlight, anti-fascist magazine 1914 Event 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia 1903 Birthday John Eccles, British physiologist/neurologist 1870 Event Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec
