What happened this week in history
1483 - Richard III was crowned King of England.
1535 - Sir Thomas More was beheaded on Tower Hill, London, for treason against King Henry VIII.
1553 - Mary I became Queen of England. She was the first Queen to rule England in her own right.
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Hide Ad1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1892 - Britain’s first non-white MP was elected. Dadabhai Naoraji became MP for Central Finsbury in London.
1902 - King Edward VII threw a party for the poor in London. He invited 456,000 guests to various halls around the capital and spent £30,000 on food and entertainment.
1907 - Brooklands, the world’s first purpose-built motor racing track, was opened.
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Hide Ad1919 - The British dirigible R34 landed in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
1942 - Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the secret annexe above her father’s office in Amsterdam.
1952 - After almost a century of service, the tram made its final appearance in London.
1957 - American Althea Gibson became the first black Wimbledon tennis champion. She beat Darlene Hard to win the ladies’ singles title.
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Hide Ad1957 - Beatles band members Paul McCartney and John Lennon met for the first time, during a performance by Lennon’s first band, The Quarry Men.
1964 – Malawi declared its independence from the UK.
1968 - The first Wimbledon to allow professional players ended with success for Rod Laver and Billie Jean King.
1978 - Eleven people were killed and 17 injured in a blaze on the Penzance-to-Paddington sleeper train.
1988 - A total of 166 people were killed as a result of an explosion on board the North Sea oil rig, Piper Alpha.
2001 - Parents could see 3D moving pictures of their unborn child for the first time. The new ultrasound even allowed them to see facial expressions.