1547 – Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI becomes King and the first Protestant ruler of England.
1624 – Sir Thomas Warner found the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
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1813 – Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1902 – The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
1909 – United States troops leave Cuba except for Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress created the United States Coast Guard.
1917 – Municipally-owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.
1927 – A milestone in education at Gold Coast (Ghana), as the Prince of Wales College (later renamed Achimota College) opens. It is a school for students from Kindergarten to the pre-university level.
1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1985 – Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.
1991– Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22-year rule.
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