1536 ~ Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII beheaded for adultery.

1568 ~ Queen Elizabeth I of England had Mary Queen of Scots arrested.

1795 ~ Birthday of Johns Hopkins, Philanthropist.

1890 ~ Birthday of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader.

1897 ~ Oscar Wilde released from prison.

1925 ~ Birthday of Malcolm X, Civil Rights activist.

1925 ~ Birthday of Pol Pot, Khmer Rouge leader.

1942 ~ Birthday of Gary Kildall, Computer Programmer.

1971 ~ Mars 2 launched by the Soviet Union.

2001 ~ Zhonghua Sun put to death by People's Republic of China government officials because she refused to be sterilized.

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