Today in HistoryToday is Saturday, May 19, the 139th day of 2007. There are 226 days left in the year.

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In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.

In 1643, delegates from four New England colonies met in Boston to form a confederation.

In 1964, the State Department disclosed that 40 hidden microphones had been found in the US embassy in Moscow.

In 1997, NBC sportscaster Marv Albert was charged in an indictment with biting a woman in a Virginia, hotel room as many as 15 times and forcing her to perform oral sex. Albert denied the charges, but at trial, ended up pleading guilty to assault and battery; he served no jail time.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“History repeats itself because nobody listens.” — Anonymous.