1993 Event Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma 1933 Death Wilson Mizner, playwright, entrepreneur, raconteur, wrote, 'The Deep Purple', 'The Greyhound', opium addict, boxing manager, hotel manager, managed restaurant The Brown Derby, with brother, Addison Mizner, dies 1909 Event 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium) 1906 Event China prohibits opium trade 1904 Event Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production 1876 Birthday Wilson Mizner, born in Benicia, California, playwright, entrepreneur, raconteur, wrote, 'The Deep Purple', 'The Greyhound', opium addict, boxing manager, hotel manager, managed restaurant The Brown Derby, with brother, Addison Mizner 1842 Event Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war 1839 Event 1st opium war - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks 1832 Event Opium exempted from federal tariff duty 1827 Event Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java 1826 Event Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura 1785 Birthday Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer, Confessions of English Opium Eater
