1996 Death Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut and wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies 1987 Event British Airways begins trading stocks 1968 Event Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) 1896 Event Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks 1896 Event Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
