ON THIS DAY

1509:

Troops of Florence take Pisa in Italy; King Henry VIII of England marries the first of his six wives, Catherine of Aragon.

Electric lighting makes a surprise early appearance when Sydney’s Observatory Hill and the Post Office building are lit to celebrate the marriage of the Prince of Wales.

The Beatles land in Sydney at the start of an Australian tour marked by screaming crowds.

Margaret Thatcher becomes the first British prime minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term of office as her Conservatives hold onto a reduced majority.

Timothy McVeigh is put to death by lethal injection for the deaths of 168 people in the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.

John Constable, British artist (17761837); Gene Wilder, US actor (1933-2016); Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer (1977-).

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