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1542 Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, was executed for adultery.

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1601 John Lancaster led the first East India Company voyage from London.

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1689 William III and Mary II acceded to the throne of England.

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1692 the MacDonalds were massacred by the Campbells at Glencoe.

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1917 the spy Mata Hari was arrested by the French.

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1945 Dresden was devastated when RAF bombers attacked the city.

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1959 the Barbie doll went on sale.

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1960 France exploded its first atomic bomb.