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1587 Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, aged 44.

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1725 Peter the Great, tsar of Russia since 1682, died aged 52.

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1872 Robert Southwell Bourke (6th Earl of Mayo), Viceroy of India, was assassinated in the Andaman Islands.

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1924 the gas chamber was first used as a form of execution when Gee Jon was put to death in Nevada for murder.

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1965 a ban was announced on cigarette advertising on British television.

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1983 Shergar, the Aga Khan’s Derby winner, was kidnapped from stables in Co Kildare and, despite a ransom demand, was never seen again.