July 28th in History
July 28th
1550 Thomas Cromwell, Chancellor to Henry VIII and his chief minister, was executed. He was beheaded on Tower Hill for promoting the king's failed marriage to Anne of Cleves. Henry also married Catherine Howard (his 5th wife) on the same day.
On 28th July 1581 a copy of the Great Bible was sent out to every church in Wales and England.
This was during the Protestant Reformation, when in 1534, Henry VIII had broken from the papal authority of Rome in a dispute over the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and declared himself head of the Protestant Church of England. This was followed by 'The Laws of Wales Acts' which commenced in 1536 and were an attempt to absorb Wales into England. The issuing of the Great Bible, which was only printed in English, can, therefore, be seen as Henry's attempt to consolidate his rule throughout his kingdom.
1586 Thomas Harriot was credited with bringing the first potato to Britain, (from Colombia) ahead of Sir Walter Raleigh.
1794 French Revolutionary figure Maximilien Robespierre and 22 other leaders of "the Terror" are guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris.
1886 British Conservative government led by Lord Salisbury forms.
1973, Skylab, the United States' first space station, was launched. It provided valuable data and insights about living in space.
28 Jul 1964
On their second visit to Sweden, The Beatles played two shows at an ice hockey arena, the Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm. During the first show, both Paul McCartney and John Lennon received mild electrical shocks from ungrounded microphones. Supporting acts included The Kays, The Moonlighters, and The Streaplers..
28 Jul 1979
'I Don't Like Mondays' gave The Boomtown Rats their second UK No.1 single. Bob Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children playing in a school playground across the street from her home in San Diego, California. She killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime, and her full explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays, this livens up the day."
1550 Thomas Cromwell, Chancellor to Henry VIII and his chief minister, was executed. He was beheaded on Tower Hill for promoting the king's failed marriage to Anne of Cleves. Henry also married Catherine Howard (his 5th wife) on the same day.
On 28th July 1581 a copy of the Great Bible was sent out to every church in Wales and England.
This was during the Protestant Reformation, when in 1534, Henry VIII had broken from the papal authority of Rome in a dispute over the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and declared himself head of the Protestant Church of England. This was followed by 'The Laws of Wales Acts' which commenced in 1536 and were an attempt to absorb Wales into England. The issuing of the Great Bible, which was only printed in English, can, therefore, be seen as Henry's attempt to consolidate his rule throughout his kingdom.
1586 Thomas Harriot was credited with bringing the first potato to Britain, (from Colombia) ahead of Sir Walter Raleigh.
1794 French Revolutionary figure Maximilien Robespierre and 22 other leaders of "the Terror" are guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris.
1886 British Conservative government led by Lord Salisbury forms.
1973, Skylab, the United States' first space station, was launched. It provided valuable data and insights about living in space.
28 Jul 1964
On their second visit to Sweden, The Beatles played two shows at an ice hockey arena, the Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm. During the first show, both Paul McCartney and John Lennon received mild electrical shocks from ungrounded microphones. Supporting acts included The Kays, The Moonlighters, and The Streaplers..
28 Jul 1979
'I Don't Like Mondays' gave The Boomtown Rats their second UK No.1 single. Bob Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children playing in a school playground across the street from her home in San Diego, California. She killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime, and her full explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays, this livens up the day."
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