1536
\nAnne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was beheaded.<\/p>\n
1588
\nThe 130-ship-strong Spanish Armada set sail for England; it was defeated in August.<\/p>\n
1643
\nThe colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Harbor met to form the New England Confederation.<\/p>\n
1921
\nCongress passed the Emergency Quota Act, establishing national quotas for immigrants.<\/p>\n
1928
\nThe first annual Calaveras County “Frog Jumping Jubilee” was held in Angel’s Camp, California.<\/p>\n
1935
\nBritish author and soldier, T. E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia,” died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.<\/p>\n
1962
\nMarilyn Monroe sang \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to president John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n
1992
\nThe 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.<\/p>\n
1994
\nJacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York.<\/p>\n
Malcolm X
\n1925\u201365, militant black leader in the United States.<\/p>\n
Johns Hopkins
\nfinancier and philanthropist (1795)<\/p>\n
Nancy Astor
\npolitician (1879)<\/p>\n
Ho Chi Minh
\nVietnamese President (1890)<\/p>\n
Lorraine Hansberry
\nplaywright (1930)<\/p>\n
Nora Ephron
\nscreenwriter, director (1941)<\/p>\n
Pete Townshend
\nmusician; composer (1945)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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