ON THIS DAY
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1533: Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn, wife number two. The result was a break with the Church in Rome.
1701: Scottish pirate William Kidd was hanged in London for piracy.
1706: Marlborough defeated the French at the Battle of Ramilles in Belgium.
1795: Sir Charles Barry, architect, was born in Westminster. With assistant Augustus Pugin, he designed the new Houses of Parliament.
1873: The North West Mounted
Police were established in Canada – the name was changed to The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920.
1887: The French crown jewels went on sale and raised six million francs.
1931: Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire opened.
1934: Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot dead in an ambush by Texas Rangers near Gibland, Louisiana.
1945: Heinrich Himmler, Hitler’s minister of the interior, committed suicide. 1960: The Israelis announced the capture of war criminal Adolf Eichmann.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: A UK study suggested Covid-19 had a distinct smell that could be detected by specially trained dogs with up to 94% accuracy. BIRTHDAYS: Joan Collins, actress, 89; Johnny Ball, presenter, 84; Anatoly Karpov, chess champion, 71; Drew Carey, actor, 64; Graeme Hick, former cricketer, 56; Rubens Barrichello, former F1 driver, 50; Jewel, singer, 48; Heidi Range, singer, 39.