Today In History

In 1430: Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.

In 1533: The marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.

In 1701: Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after he was convicted of piracy.

In 1934: Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, La.