Annulled

To be declared invalid.

Fact of the Day

Philip II of France decided on his wedding day that he didn't like his wife. So he sent her to a nunnery and ordered her to stay there.

Quote of the Day

"He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. "

~ Thomas Paine

On This Day

43 BCE The assassination of Cicero, requested by Marc Antony. When his head was delivered to Anthony, his wife, Fulvia, spat on it and jabbed hairpins into his tongue.

1732 The Theatre Royal, now known as the Covent Garden Opera House, opened with a performance of the Beggar's Opera.

1787 Delaware became the first state of the modern United States.

1817 Rear-Admiral William Bligh died. He had been captain of HMS Bounty during the mutiny.

1941 The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the American naval base a Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, killing 2,403.

1982 Charles Brooks Jr became the first person to be executed by lethal injection, with a huge dose of 'truth serum'