This Day In History
- 1536 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.
- Crime
- 1836 During a raid, Comanche, Kiowa and Caddo Native Americans in Texas kidnap Cynthia Ann Parker (who was around 9 or 10 years old) and kill her family. Adopted into the Comanche tribe, she reportedly lived a happy life until Texas Rangers recaptured her and forced her to return to live again among Anglo-Americans.
- Politics
- 1568 English Queen Elizabeth I has Mary, Queen of Scots arrested, imprisoning her for 18 years until Mary was executed in 1587.
- Sports
- 2014 Lucy Li, at age 11, became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open by winning the sectional qualifier at Half Moon Bay in California.
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