ON THIS DAY
1533:
Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn, wife number two. The result was a break with the Church in Rome.
Scottish pirate William Kidd was hanged at Execution Dock in London for piracy.
Marlborough defeated the French at the Battle of Ramilles in Belgium.
Sir Charles Barry, architect, was born in Westminster. With assistant Augustus Pugin, he designed the new Houses of Parliament.
The North West Mounted Police were established in Canada - the name was changed to The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920.
The French crown jewels went on sale and raised six million francs.
Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire opened.
Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot dead in an ambush by Texas Rangers near Gibland, Louisiana.
Heinrich Himmler, Hitler’s minister of the interior, committed suicide.
1701: 1706: 1795: 1873: 1887: 1931: 1934: 1945:
1960: The Israelis announced the capture of war criminal Adolf Eichmann.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR:
Former James Bond star Sir Roger Moore died aged 89, following a battle with prostate cancer.
Dame Joan Collins, actress, 85; Johnny Ball, presenter,
BIRTHDAYS:
80; Anatoly Karpov, chess champion, 67; Marvin Hagler, former boxer, 64; Drew Carey, actor, 60; Graeme Hick, former cricketer, 52; Phil Selway, rock drummer (Radiohead), 51; Rubens Barrichello, former F1 driver, 46; Jewel, singer, 44; Heidi Range, singer, 35.