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