1995 Death Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader, dies at 83 1995 Death Ronald Anthony "Tony" Clegg, property trader, dies at 58 1995 Death Ota Adler, Czechoslovakian/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83 1995 Event British trader Nick Leeson arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC 1995 Event London finance house of Barings collapse after losses in Singapore by trader Nick Leeson 1991 Death Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86 1976 Death Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/U.S. fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103 1937 Birthday Ronald Anthony "Tony" Clegg, property trader 1914 Event British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland 1911 Birthday Ota Adler, Czechoslovakian/British fur trader/founder, Federal Trust 1911 Birthday Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader 1893 Death Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle and is eaten 1837 Death Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies 1818 Death Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies 1804 Birthday James Bridger, scout, fur trader and mountain man par excellance 1799 Birthday Jedediah Strong Smith, U.S. fur trader/explorer 1783 Birthday Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader 1763 Birthday John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in U.S., banker/fur trader 1636 Death John Oldham, trader in Massachusetts, murdered by indians
