1533: Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, granted an annulment of the marriage of Catherine of Aragon to Henry VIII of England -- Henry's soon-to-be-next wife, Anne Boleyn, was already pregnant
1783: Lady Agnes Surriage Frankland died
1797: Penina Moise born
1887: Pauline Morton Sabin born
1928: Shirley Temple Black born
Quote for Today
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
-- Shirley Temple Black
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