ON THIS DAY

1002:

German King Henry II the Saint crowned.

France and England sign treaty of Scotland.

Mexico begins its inquisition. Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established with a new constitution empowering Riksdag after 20 years of absolute monarchy.

Queensland established as a separate colony from New South Wales.

Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely.

The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

Walter Chrysler founds automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation.

First drive-in theatre opens,

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Camden, New Jersey, US.

Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway.

D-Day begins as 156,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France, during World War II.

Henry Morgan first to take off shirt on TV.

Rolling Stones release single (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.

Black activist James Meredith shot as he walked along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.

Authorities in Brazil exhumed a body later identified as the remains of Dr Josef Mengele, the notorious “Angel of Death” of the Nazi Holocaust.

Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician and botanist (1519-1603); Georg Riedel, German composer (1676-1738); Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer and poet (17991837); Robert Falcon Scott, British explorer (1868-1912).

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