1587 Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots 1843 Oldest continuous writer of insurance in America - The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY) opens 1884 1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published 1908 King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe are assassinated by Republican sympathizers in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon 1968 Saigon police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executes Viet Cong officerNguyễn Văn Lém with a pistol shot to head. The execution is captured by photographer Eddie Adams and becomes an anti-war icon. 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. 2021 Military stage a coup in Myanmar, detaining civilian leaders including Aung San Suu Kyi and declare a one-year state of emergency | 
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