1. 1310 – In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics
2. 1812 – UK Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons
3. 1949 - Siam changes its name to Thailand
4. 1956 - Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd announces the Gold Coast is to become the first black African nation to be granted independence from Britain
5. 1962 - Prince Charles begins his first day at Gordonstoun school in Scotland
6. 1968 - Aretha Franklin performs her first UK show in London
7. 1971 - The Daily Sketch newspaper, which was founded in 1909, is published for the last time
8. 1981 - Bob Marley dies
9. 1985 - At least 52 people are known to have died and many are missing after fire engulfs Bradford City football stadium
10. 1997 – Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a World-Champion chess player in a classic match format
11. 1998 - The Indian government announces it has carried out a series of underground nuclear tests in a move which has shocked the world
Source: BBC, Wikipedia, historyorb.com, infoplease.com, history.co.uk, brainyhistory.com, on-this-day.com
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