THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019

1533 — King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon marriage declared null and void

1536 — Pope Paul III installs Portugese inquisition

1660 — King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England

1774 — Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)

1785 — Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals

1873 — Postal cards sold in San Fransisco for first time

1887 — First transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, British Columbia

1900 — Associated Press News Service forms in New York

1901 — Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent

1903 — First utomobile trip across U.S. from San Fransisco to New York, ended April 1