19 May It Happened Today

1536  Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII of England’s second wife, is beheaded.

1898 Death of British statesman and former prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone.

1935  Death of T E Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia.

1971  Death of American writer Ogden Nash.

1982  Sophia Loren is jailed for tax evasion.

1994  Death of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, previously married to US president John F Kennedy.

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