TODAY IN HISTORY

1536

Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declared the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn invalid after she failed to produce a male heir.

1954

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision which held that racially segregated public schools were unconstitutional.

1973

A special committee convened by the U.S. Senate began its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal.

1987

37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf.