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1533 | Queen Anne Boleyn gave birth to Princess Elizabeth.
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1533 | Birthday of Elizabeth I, Queen of England
| 1548 | Death of Catherine Parr, 6th wife of Henry VIII of England
| 1815 | Birthday of John McDougall Stuart, Australian explorer
| 1838 | Grace Darling and her father rescued the crew of the
Forfarshire, a steamer wrecked off the Northumberland coast; she
subsequently became a national heroi | 1901 | The Peace of Peking was signed, ending the Boxer
Rebellion in China. | 1904 | Francis Younghusband led a British expedition to
Tibet, where a treaty was signed with the Dalai Lama. | 1907 | Death of Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French poet
| 1909 | Birthday of Elia Kazan, US stage and film director
| 1910 | Death of William Hunt, British painter
| 1913 | Birthday of Anthony Quayle, English actor
| 1923 | Birthday of Peter Lawford, English actor
| 1929 | Birthday of Sonny Rollins, US saxophonist
| 1936 | Birthday of Buddy Holly, US rock singer
| 1973 | Jackie Stewart became world champion racing driver
for the third consecutive year. | 1977 | The USA and Panama signed the Panama Canal Treaty
which returned the canal zone to Panama. | 1978 | Death of Keith Moon, English rock drummer
| 1981 | Death of Christy Brown, Irish novelist
| 1986 | Bishop Desmond Tutu was appointed archbishop of
Capetown, the first black head of South African Anglicans. | 1991 | Peace talks on the Yugoslav civil war opened in The
Hague, the Netherlands, under EC sponsorship. | 1996 | Mike Tyson knocked out World Boxing Association (WBA)
heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon in Las Vegas, Nevada to capture
the WBA title. | |
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