This Day in History...

September 6, 1620 - 149 Pilgrims set sail from England in the Mayflower bound for America.

September 6, 1666 - The Great Fire of London was finally put out after burning for four days. It destroyed more than 13,000 houses and almost 100 churches - including St Paul's Cathedral.

September 6, 1847 - Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Emerson.

September 6, 1997 - The funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales, was held at Westminister Abbey.

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August 31, 1422 - Henry V died. His son, Henry VI, aged nine months, acceded as King of England.

August 31, 1888 - The body of Mary Ann 'Polly' Nichols, Jack the Ripper's first victim, was found mutilated in Buck's Row.

August 31, 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in the Place de l'Alma underpass in Paris. It is believed they were trying to avoid the paparazzi.

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July 29, 1565 - Mary, Queen of Scots impulsively married her cousin Lord Darnley (Henry Stuart). She would soon regret this move.

July 29, 1567 - James VI, son of Mary and Lord Darnley, is crowned King of Scots. His mother had been forced to abdicate the throne.

July 29, 1588 - The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English at the Battle of Gravelines off the coast of France.

July 29, 1981 - Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

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July 1, 1838 - Charles Darwin presented a paper to the Linnaean Society in London, setting out his theory of evolution.

July 1, 1961 - Diana Spencer, former Princess of Wales, was born.

July 1, 1969 - The formal Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle in Wales.

This Day in History...

February 24, 1981 - The Prince of Wales and the Lady Diana Spencer ended months of speculation when they announced that they would marry later in the summer.