It happened TODAY: Edward VI son of Tenry VIII became King of England at the age of nine in 1547
... Comedian-actor Norman Wisdom 74 SATURDAY: Actress Charlotte Rampling 48 WEDNESDAY: Russia defeated the Germans at the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943 THURSDAY: Desmond Tutu was enthroned as Bishop of Johannesburg in South Africa in 1885 FRIDAY: Ceylon became ...