1521 ~ The Diet of Worms began.

1547 ~ Death of Henry VIII, King of England.

1596 ~ Death of Sir Francis Drake, Explorer & Soldier.

1822 ~ Birthday of Alexander Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada.

1887 ~ Birthday of Artur Rubinstein, Polish Pianist.

1935 ~ Iceland became the first country to legalize abortion.

1939 ~ Death of William Butler Yeats, awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature.

1986 ~ Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff killing all seven astronauts onboard.

2004 ~ Lord Hutton published his report into the death of Dr. David Kelly.

2011 ~ Hundreds of thousands of protesters participated in the "Friday of Anger" demonstrations against the Mubarak regime.

Feastdays & Holidays

Catholicism ~ Feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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