HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY

1471: King Henry VI of England dies in the Tower of London at age 49.

1927: Charles A. Lindbergh lands his Spirit of St Louis monoplane near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1⁄2 hours. 1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she lands in Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland.

1966: Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title.

1969: Robert F. Kennedy’s murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death, later commutes to life imprisonment.

1972: Michelangelo’s Pieta, on display at the Vatican, is damaged by a hammerwielding man who shouts he is Jesus Christ.

1991: Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated during national elections by a suicide bomber.

2014: Thai army declares martial law and closes down several news stations.

2020: President Donald Trump visits a Ford Motor Co plant outside Detroit that has been repurposed to manufacture ventilators; he does not publicly wear a face mask but says he wore one while out of public view.