ON THIS DAY

1533:

Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer pronounces Anne Boleyn’s marriage to King Henry VIII valid.

Death of Anne Bronte, English novelist and sister of Charlotte and Emily.

The first all-colour talking picture, On with the Show, opens in New York.

World’s first-known surviving quintuplets, Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne Dionne, are born in Ontario, Canada. Paris-Bucharest Orient Express train makes final trip after 78 years.

Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat announces opening of air corridors between Egypt and Israel. Schapelle Corby arrives back in Australia after serving nine years in an Indonesian prison. Ian Fleming, British writer (19081964); Patrick White, Australian author (19121990); Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer (1964-).

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