The King of England, Henry VIII, appointed Thomas Cromwell as the Chief Secretary.
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The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
NASA launched a spacecraft to rendezvous with a small communication satellite.
Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.
The island of Malta was awarded the George Cross by King George VI of England.
The Hillsborough disaster occurred.
