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Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1536 Catherine of Aragon 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies.
In 1537 Alessandro de' Medici of Florence, assassinated.
In 1845 Louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18), born.
In 1558 Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French.
In 1598 Boris Godunov seizes the Russian throne on death of Feodore I.
In 1610 Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede.
In 1904 (USA) Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st international radio distress signal.
In 1912 Charles Addams, cartoonist (New Yorker, Addams Family), born.
In 1929 Buck Rogers, 1st sci-fi comic strip, premiers.
In 1929 Tarzan, one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears.
In 1934 Flash Gordon comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts.
In 1953 Pres Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb.
In 1958 Dr Petru Groza premier of Romania, dies at 74.
In 1964 Nicolas Cage, actor (The Rock, Face/Off), born.
In 1964 Bahamas achieves internal self-government and cabinet responsibility.
In 1979 Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge.
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