1. 1534 - The English parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church
2. 1922 - Mussolini demands that complete control of the government is handed over to his fascist party
3. 1938 - The radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles, causes nationwide panic among listeners
4. 1953 - General George C. Marshall wins the Nobel Peace Prize for originating the Marshall Plan
5. 1960 - Diego Armando Maradona is born
6. 1961 - Russia explodes the biggest ever nuclear device, provoking widespread anger from around the world
7. 1974 - Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire (Rumble in the Jungle) to regain his world heavyweight title
8. 1975 - Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over from General Franco
9. 1988 - Kurt Cobain smashes his very first guitar
10. 1991 - US President George Bush encourages Arabs and Israelis to 'lay down the past' in his opening speech to the Middle East peace conference in Spain
11. 2001 - Michael Jordan returns to the NBA with the Washington Wizards after a 3 1/2 year retirement. The Wizards lost 93-91 to the New York Knicks
image: © esparta
The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire
Hubris: How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain
