The King of England, Henry VIII, appointed Thomas Cromwell as the Chief Secretary.
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Canada no longer accepted US silver coins as legal tender in the country.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
The Hillsborough disaster occurred.
St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
Under the command of Gustavus Adolphus, Swedish forces defeated the Holy Roman Empire's armies in the Battle of Rain.
