1553 – Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne.
1843 – Brunel’s steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world. She was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. The four decks of the ship provided an accommodation for a crew of 120, plus 360 passengers who were provided with cabins, dining, and promenade saloons. Now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, she is an award-winning visitor attraction and museum ship in Bristol Harbour, with between 150,000 and 200,000 visitors annually.
1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published
Births
1814 – Samuel Colt, an American businessman, founded the Colt’s Manufacturing Company (d. 1862)
1894 – Percy Spencer, American physicist and inventor of the microwave oven (d. 1969)
1941 – Neelie Kroes, Dutch politician, and diplomat, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
Deaths
1692 – Sarah Good, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1653)
1965 – Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, first president of South Korea (b. 1875)
2012 – Sylvia Woods, an American businesswoman, co-founded Sylvia’s Restaurant of Harlem (b. 1926)
