Today in History
1536 –Archbishop Cranmer declares the marriage of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn invalid.
1590 – Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland. 1814 – Norway declares its independence from Sweden with the adoption of a new constitution. 1833 – James Busby is inaugurated as the first British Resident in New Zealand.
1861 – First package holiday for a popular market is arranged by Thomas Cook: A ‘‘Whitsuntide Working Men’s Excursion’’ from London to Paris for six days.
1900 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L Frank Baum, is first published, in Chicago.
1922 – James Liston, assistant bishop of Auckland, is found not guilty of sedition after describing the Irish Easter Rising rebels as having been ‘‘murdered’’ by ‘‘foreign’’ (meaning British) troops.
1940 – Nazis occupy Brussels in World War II.
1954 – United States Supreme Court outlaws racial segregation in the state school system.
1973 – US Senate begins televised Watergate hearings.
1984 – Prince Charles describes a proposed addition to London’s National Gallery as a ‘‘monstrous carbuncle on the face of a muchloved and elegant friend’’.
2011 – The Queen begins the first visit by a British monarch to the Republic of Ireland.
2018 – Michigan State University says it will pay US$500m to 300 survivors of sexual abuse involving sports coach Larry Nassar, left.
Birthdays
Edward Jenner, UK physician (1749-1823); Erik Satie, French composer (1866-1925); Bill Gallagher, NZ engineer (1911-90); Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, German-born NZ judge (1931-2018); Dennis Hopper, US actor (1936-2010); Tony Roche, Australian tennis player (1945-); Patsy Reddy, NZ governorgeneral (1954-); Sugar Ray Leonard, US boxer (1956-).