The King of England, Henry VIII, appointed Thomas Cromwell as the Chief Secretary.
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Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.
NASA launched a spacecraft to rendezvous with a small communication satellite.
The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire, which destroyed the roof.
The Hillsborough disaster occurred.
The Battle of Formigny came to an end as France defeated the last English forces.