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1478 George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III, was said to have been drowned in a butt of malmsey at the Tower of London.

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1678 John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress was published, much of it having been composed while he was in prison for illegal preaching.

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1929 the winners of the first Academy Awards (known as Oscars from 1931) were announced, with the presentation being held later that year. (See 16 May.)

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1930 Pluto was discovered by the American astronomer Clyde W Tombaugh.

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1979 snow fell in the Sahara Desert.

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2005 a law banning hunting with dogs came into force in England and Wales.