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Date: 11 June 2008 13:30:20
1292 : Roger Bacon, a Franciscan friar dies. He is thought to have invented gunpowder - just how did that happen.
1418 : James III of Scotland is defeated at the Battle of Sauchieburn and deposed in favour of his son, strangely called James - what imagination these scots have...
1509 : KIng Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon.
1943 : Heinrich Himmler orders the "liquidation" of Jewish ghettoes in Poland.
1959 : One for Smudgie - The first experimental hovercraft is built and launched at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Rumours have it that Smudgie was the genius behind it.
1987 : A glorious day in British history - Mrs Thatcher is elected for a third time, the first time this has happened in 160 years.