1531 King Henry VIII is recognized as the supreme head of the Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury.
1817 The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
1915 1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned.
1971 Gun battle between Official Irish Republican Army and Provisional IRA leave 1 man killed; result of feud between two wings of the IRA developing since the split in 1970
1973 The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) undertakes its first operation in Great Britain, planting four car bombs in London. Ten members of PIRA are later arrested at Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the country.
1983 President Reagan 1st known use of term "Evil Empire" (about the USSR) in speech in Florida.
2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people on board loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history and one of the most enduring aviation mysteries.
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Oh my God, not again!!
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