ON THIS DAY
1554: Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England for nine days, was executed on Tower Green by her cousin and rival claimant to the throne, Mary.
1688:
The Glorious Revolution ended. James II fled to France and Prince William of Orange and Princess Mary were declared King and Queen of England.
1809:
Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, was born in Kentucky.
1809:
Charles Darwin, naturalist and author, was born in Shrewsbury. His work On The Origin Of Species (1859) formulated his theory of evolution and natural selection.
1870:
Marie Lloyd (Matilda Alice Victoria Wood), Cockney music hall star who sang risque songs and had a scandalous private life, was born in London.
1898:
Henry Lindfield of Brighton became the first British motorist to be killed in a car crash - a result of a steering failure.
1818:
Chile proclaimed an independent republic.
1924:
Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin was first performed in New York.
1929:
Actress Lillie Langtry, an intimate friend of Edward VII, died.
2010:
Three faculty members were killed and three other school employees were wounded in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.