Today in History in 1533 King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon's marriage was declared null and void by authority of the English clergy not the Pope, in 1785 Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of the bifocals; and in 1934 outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were killed in a police ambush.
Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of history. Here is a roundup of a few of them:
Historical Events
1618 - 2nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War. Two Catholic Lords Regent and their secretary thrown out of window - they were not seriously injured by the 70 foot fall.
1785 - Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
1813 - South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator")
1958 - Mao Zedong starts "Great leap forward" movement in China
1998 - The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75%
Famous Birthdays
1707 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and the Father of Taxonomy (d. 1778)
1908 - John Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972)
1958 - Drew Carey, American actor & comedian (Drew-Drew Carey Show), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1974 - Ken Jennings, American game show contestant
Famous Weddings
1942 - Comic book artist Jack Kirby (24) weds Roz Goldstein
1953 - John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy (31) weds activist and attorney Sargent Shriver at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City
1970 - US Secretary of State John Kerry (26) weds heiress Julia Stimson Thorne (25)
1992 - "Once and Again" actress Sela Ward (35) weds actor Howard Sherman (42)
1992 - Actress Anjelica Huston (40) weds sculptor Robert Graham (54)
Famous Divorces
1533 - King Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon's marriage declared null & void by authority English clergy not the Pope
1934 - First wife Marguerite Van Kessel divorces NFL player Curly Lambeau (36) after 14 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
1701 - William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock
1868 - Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)
1934 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush at 23
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