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Anniversaries

Sunday 23 May 1993 00:02 BST

23 May 1533: Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon.

1701: 'Captain' William Kidd hanged for piracy.

1788: South Carolina became eighth state of the Union.

1945: Heinrich Himmler, Nazi police chief, committed suicide.

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