1587 Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots
1843 Oldest continuous writer of insurance in America – The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY) opens
1884 1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published
1908 King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe are assassinated by Republican sympathizers in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon
1968 Saigon police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executes Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém with a pistol shot to head. The execution is captured by photographer Eddie Adams and becomes an anti-war icon.
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile
2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2021 Military stage a coup in Myanmar, detaining civilian leaders including Aung San Suu Kyi and declare a one-year state of emergency
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1893 Thomas Edison completes worlds 1st movie studio at West Orange, New Jersey
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1896 Giacomo Puccini’s Opera “La Boheme” premieres in Turin
Today In Sport
1960 Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: In a classic all-Australian final Rod Laver beats Neale Fraser 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6, 8-6; Laver’s first Grand Slam title
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1972 1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)
Famous Weddings
1840 Novelist Alexandre Dumas (37) weds actress Ida Ferrier
1932 Film director Frank Capra (34) weds secretary Lucille Reyburn
1986 American pop snger Diana Ross weds Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland
