ON THIS DAY
1626: Manhattan island was bought from local Indians by Dutch settler Peter Minuit for trinkets worth about 25 dollars.
1840: The first postage stamp – the Penny Black – was issued by the Post Office for use.
1937: The German airship Hindenburg exploded at its moorings in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 of the 97 people aboard.
1954: Roger Bannister ran the first sub-fourminute mile.
1960: Princess Margaret married Anthony Armstrong-jones (Lord Snowdon) in Westminster Abbey.
1966: Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, were found guilty at Chester Assizes.
1994: The Queen opened the Channel Tunnel.
2004: The series finale of the television sitcom Friends was shown on US channel NBC, attracting 52.46 million viewers.
2013: Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio.