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1521 the Pope excommunicated Martin Luther, founder of Protestantism.

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1892 JRR Tolkein, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was born.

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1924 Howard Carter discovered the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.

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1946 William Joyce (better known as Lord Haw-Haw), broadcaster of Nazi propaganda, hanged.

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1980 Joy Adamson, wildlife conservationist and author of Born Free, was murdered.

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1981 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the last survivor of Queen Victoria’s 37 grandchildren, died aged 97.

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1990 Panama’s leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to US forces after ten days under siege in the Vatican Embassy.