1531 Henry VIII recognised as supreme head of Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury
1817 The New York Stock Exchange is founded
1867 British North America Act is passed in the House of Commons, serves as Canada’s constitution for more than 100 years
1917 Russian “February Revolution” begins in earnest with protests celebrating International Woman’s Day and riots in St Petersburg over food rations and conduct of the war [OS=Feb 23]
1948 US Supreme Court rules in McCollum v. Board of Education that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional
1973 The Provisional Irish Republican Army undertakes its first operation in Great Britain, planting four car bombs in London; 10 members of PIRA are arrested at Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the country
2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history and one of the most enduring aviation mysteries
HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY
TODAY IN FILM & TV
1996 “Fargo” directed and written by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi released in the US
TODAY IN MUSIC
1902 1st performance of Jean Sibelius’ 2nd Symphony, his most popular, by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society
TODAY IN SPORT
1936 The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1971 Joe Frazier ends Muhammad Ali’s 31-fight winning streak at Madison Square Garden, NYC; retains heavyweight boxing title by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in the “Fight of the Century”
DO YOU KNOW THIS FACT ABOUT TODAY?
1910 Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris becomes the 1st ever licensed female pilot
WOULD YOU BELIEVE THIS FACT ABOUT TODAY?
2017 Aboriginal DNA study by University of Adelaide shows Aboriginal population dates back 50,000 years from one migration
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