The King of England, Henry VIII, appointed Thomas Cromwell as the Chief Secretary.
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Under the command of Gustavus Adolphus, Swedish forces defeated the Holy Roman Empire's armies in the Battle of Rain.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
The General Electric Company was formed in New York.
Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.
The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
