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1521: Martin Luther excommunicated by pope.On this day in 1521, Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, excommunicating Martin Luther, the German priest whose questioning of certain Roman Catholic practices initiated the Protestant Reformation.More events on this day2001:Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as a U.S. senator from New York, having become the first first lady in U.S. history to win elective office. |
1939:Canadian professional ice hockey player Bobby Hull, the “Golden Jet,” was born. |
1929:Italian motion-picture director Sergio Leone, known primarily for his popularization of the “spaghetti western,” was born. |
1883:Clement Attlee, British Labour Party leader (1935–55) and prime minister (1945–51), was born. |
1777:The Battle of Princeton (New Jersey) was fought during the American Revolution. |
1543:Spanish soldier and explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, the ‘‘discoverer” of California, died. |
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