| (1189) Warrior with the heart of a lion ascends England’s throne
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Having already been the head of his own army at 16, and by 18 given the epithet ‘Richard the Lionheart’ after breaking the siege of a staunchly defended French castle, the son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine begins his reign as Richard I, King of England. . |
| (1535) Lord Chancellor keeps his principles and loses his head
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| Renaissance humanist, lawyer, Catholic, and Lord Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More has never condoned the marriage of his king, Henry VIII, to Anne Boleyn. His devotion to papal supremacy leads to charges of treason, for which he is found guilty and executed by beheading. . |
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| (1957) Two Liverpool teenagers trade tunes and forge a friendship
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John Lennon, 16, has already formed his own band, The Quarrymen, and the guy he meets at the Woolton Parish Church garden fete in Liverpool, England, 15-year-old Paul McCartney, impresses him so much with his guitar playing that he will ask him to join the band. . |
| (1974) Days in Lake Wobegon get their first recap
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| A dozen folks are in the audience at St. Paul’s Macalester College as Garrison Keillor broadcasts the first ‘A Prairie Home Companion,’ live on Minnesota Public Radio. His variety show will build a cult, and then a popular mainstream following, for the “news from Lake Wobegon.” . |
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