1998
Death of Roy Rogers, American singer and cowboy actor .
United States
1988
An explosion on the North Sea oil rig ‘Piper Alpha’ killed 167 people .
Great Britain
1939
The last remaining Jewish businesses in Germany were shut down
Germany
1928
The first all-talking feature film ‘Lights of New York’ was presented at the Strand Theatre, New York.
United States
1919
The first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship (British dirigible R34)
Great Britain
1908
American explorer Robert Peary set sail for the Arctic – he arrived at the North Pole in April 1909.
United States
1859
Birth of Verner von Heidenstam, Nobel Prize-winning Swedish poet and author
Sweden
1809
Death of Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French Cavalry General during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
France
1809
Pope Pius VII was arrested and imprisoned by the French after excommunicating Napoleon
France
1685
Battle of Sedgemoor
Great Britain
1609
Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II granted Bohemia the Letter of Majesty, allowing it to control its own religious structure
Austria
1553
Edward VI dies; Lady Jane Grey queen for a few days only
Great Britain
1535
Thomas More is executed
Great Britain
1189
Henry II dies at the castle of Chinon in Anjou; Richard I 'Lionheart' becomes king of England (d. 1199) – acknowledges the independence of Scotland
Great Britain