Today In History

In 1536: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after she was convicted of adultery.

In 1588: The Spanish Armada set sail for England, where it was soundly defeated the following August.

In 1964: The State Department disclosed that 40 hidden microphones had been found in the U.S. embassy in Moscow.

In 1992: The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits Congress from giving itself mid-term pay raises, went into effect.