1531: Henry VIII recognised as supreme head of Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury

1817: The New York Stock Exchange is founded

1867: British North America Act is passed in the House of Commons, serves as Canada’s constitution for more than 100 years

1917: Russian “February Revolution” begins in earnest with protests celebrating International Woman’s Day and riots in St Petersburg over food rations and conduct of the war [OS=Feb 23]

1948: US Supreme Court rules in McCollum v. Board of Education that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional

1973: The Provisional Irish Republican Army undertakes its first operation in Great Britain, planting four car bombs in London; 10 members of PIRA are arrested at Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the country

2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history and one of the most enduring aviation mysteries

Source: Onthisday.com