ON THIS DAY

1333:

The Scots are routed in battle of Halidon Hill, a significant setback in their fight for independence from England.

The Spanish Armada is sighted off the Cornish coast of England.

The first women’s rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York, where Elizabeth Cady Stanton declares that “Man cannot fulfil his destiny alone.”

Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins, travel into orbit around the moon.

Pope Benedict XVI apologises for the sexual abuse of children by some of Australia’s Roman Catholic clergy.

Edgar Degas, French artist (18341917); Brian May, British guitarist, rock group Queen (1947-); Benedict Cumberbatch, British actor (1976-).

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