1431
For the crime of crossdressing...
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic.
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1536
King Henry VIII of England married his 3rd wife, Jane Seymour, 11 days after he had his 2nd wife, Anne Boleyn executed.
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1911
The first Indianapolis 500 was won by Ray Harroun.
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1922
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, was dedicated by Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
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1998
An earthquake in Northern Afghanistan (and subsequent aftershocks) killed an estimated 5,000 and injured at least 1,500. A quake on Feb. 4 in the same area had killed about 2,300.
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