MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2014: British mystery novelist P.D. James—who earned the sobriquet “Queen of Crime,” primarily for her 14 novels featuring the fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard—died in Oxford, England. [ Take our famous writers quiz.] 1983: The revised Code of Canon Law, signed by Pope John Paul II in January, took effect. [Test your knowledge of the history of Roman Catholicism.] 1973: The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly in favour of Gerald R. Ford's succession to the vice presidency. [ How much do you know about the history of American politics?] 1953: Eugene O'Neill, playwright and author of Long Day's Journey into Night, died at age 65. [Take our literary devices quiz.] 1951: American filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow—who was the first woman to win an Oscar for best director, for The Hurt Locker (2008)—was born. [ Test your knowledge of the Academy Awards.] 1942: The French navy scuttled 73 ships at Toulon in order to avoid German seizure during World War II. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about World War II.]