The Times On This Day by James Owen

The Times On This Day by James Owen

Author:James Owen [Owen, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2018-09-14T16:00:00+00:00


9 JULY

1540 the marriage of King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was annulled after six months.

1917 the British battleship HMS Vanguard blew up in Scapa Flow, with the loss of more than 800 men.

1943 Allied troops began airborne landings in Sicily.

1951 Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon, was sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court, having refused to give testimony that would help to trace communists accused of conspiring against the US.

1982 Michael Fagan, an unemployed father of four, broke into Buckingham Palace and made his way to the Queen’s bedroom.



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