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.
The Glorious Revolution ended. James II fled to France and Prince William of Orange and Princess Mary were declared King and Queen of England.
Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, was born in Kentucky.
Charles Darwin, naturalist and author, was born in Shrewsbury. His work On The Origin Of Species (1859) formulated his theory of evolution and natural
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selection.
Marie Lloyd (Matilda Alice Victoria Wood), Cockney music hall star who sang risque songs and had a scandalous private life, was born in London.
Henry Lindfield of Brighton became the first British motorist to be killed in a car crash – a result of a steering failure.
Chile proclaimed an independent republic.
Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin was first performed in New York.
Actress Lillie Langtry, an intimate friend of Edward VII, died.
Three faculty members were
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killed and three other school employees were wounded in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: BIRTHDAYS:
Sea
levels are increasing at an accelerating rate that could see them rising by a whole centimetre per year by 2100, research revealed.
Franco Zeffirelli, film director, 96; Annette Crosbie, actress, 85; Nicholas Soames, politician, 71; Arsenio Hall, actor and comedian, 63; Steve Backley, former athlete, 50; Gethin Jones, television presenter, 41; Jesse Spencer, actor, 40; Christina Ricci, actress, 39.