What happened this week in history

In 1327, Edward III acceded to the English throne.
Celebrations are held far and wide to mark the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns EMN-170123-075917001Celebrations are held far and wide to mark the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns EMN-170123-075917001
Celebrations are held far and wide to mark the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns EMN-170123-075917001

1533 - King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn were secretly married by the Bishop of Lichfield.

1858 - Mendelssohn’s Wedding March was performed for the first time, at the wedding of Victoria, the princess Royal, and Crown prince Frederick of Prussia.

1878 - A Russian torpedo boat released the first torpedo fired in anger. It sunk a Turkish steamer.

1882 - the London Chamber of Commerce met for the first time.

1890 - Nellie Bly completed her round-the-world journey in 72 days.

1895 - The first international hockey match took place, in Rhyl. Ireland beat Wales 3-0.

1915 Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated the US transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.

1918 - Ukraine declared independence from Bolshevik Russia.

1918 - To deal with the shortage of meat caused by World War I, the British government ordered restaurants to have two meatless days per week.

1919 - The League of Nations was founded.

1924 - The first Winter Olympics were inaugurated at Chamoix in the French Alps.

1938 - Due to intense sunspot activity, the Northern Lights could be seen as far south as Western Europe.

1944 - Florence Tim-Ol Lee of Macao became the first female Anglican priest.

1947 - Thomas Goldsmith Jr filed a patent for a Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device, the first ever electronic game.

1955 - The government announced a plan to introduce the same pay for men and women in the civil service by 1961.

1971 - Idi Amin led a coup that deposed Milton Obote. Amin became President of Uganda.

1992 - British athlete Steve Backley became the first man to throw the modified javelin 300ft (91 metres), at a meeting in Aukland, New Zealand.

1998 - The Queen Mother had an emergency hip replacement.

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