TODAY IN HISTORY

1536

Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.

1913

California Gov. Hiram Johnson signed the Webb-Hartley Law prohibiting “aliens ineligible to citizenship” from owning farm land, a measure targeting Asian immigrants, particularly Japanese.

1943

In his second wartime address to the

U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country's full support in the fight against Japan.

1967

The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain, banning nuclear and other weapons from outer space as well as celestial bodies such as the moon.

1993

The Clinton White House set off a political storm by abruptly firing the entire staff of its travel office; five of the seven staffers were later reinstated and assigned to other duties.

2003

WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges.