Once Upon A Time – June 7 – 1929 – Vatican City Becomes A Sovereign State

1494 Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the new world along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa

1628 English King Charles I ratifies the Petition of Rights

1654 Louis XIV crowned King of France

1753 British Museum founded by an Act of Parliament with royal assent from King George II (opens in 1759)

1929 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state

1965 The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples

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1975 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public

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1972 Musical “Grease” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 3,388 performances

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1798

Thomas Malthus publishes the first edition of his influential ‘Essay on the Principle of Population’ (date of the unsigned preface)

2017 Police warn bald men against attacks in Mozambique after 5 men murdered for the gold believed in their heads