1531: King Henry VIII is recognized as the supreme head of the 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 (PIRA) undertakes its first operation in Great Britain, planting four car bombs in London. Ten members of PIRA are later 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