TODAY IN HISTORY
1553
After the suppression of Wyatt’s rebellion, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, Lady Jane Grey and three others are accused of high treason and sentenced to death under Queen Mary I of England.
1841
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
1887
Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
1901
The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
1914
Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco.
1927
The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
1947
The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
1950
Venezuela’s President Gen Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is assassinated in Caracas.
1954
Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
1956
The US Supreme Court declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1966
In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
1970
The 150mph tropical cyclone Bhola hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.
1974
Ronald DeFeo Jr murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island, in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
1982
Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim’s subsequent death on November 17 leads to significant changes in the sport.
1994
In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
1995
A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training centre in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.
2001
War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
2002
Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
2015
A set of coordinated terror attacks in Paris, including multiple shootings, explosions, and a hostage crisis in the 10th and 11th arrondissements kill 130 people, seven attackers, and injured 368 others, with at least 80 critically wounded.