1547 – King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII .
1872- New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
1935- Dane Caroline Mikkelson is 1st woman in land on Antarctica.
1948- Jewish Haganah gangs bombed Haifa by shells.
1976- The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
Born today
1898- Enzo Ferrari, the builder of racing cars and sports cars and the founder of Ferrari company.
1901- Muhammad Naguib, the 1st president of Egypt .
1904- Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier.
Passed away
1194- Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily.
1972- German-born American theoretical Physicist and Noble laureate in Physics Maria Goeppert Mayer
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