This day in history

Hezbollah launch Katyusha rockets into Northern Israel and capture two Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. 

Boris Yeltsin, the President of the Russian parliament, resigns from the Communist Party.

In England, Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley abduct their first victim, Pauline Reade.

Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

Richard the Lionheart takes the city of Acre during the Third Crusade.

King Richard II appoints Geoffrey Chaucer to the position of chief clerk of the king’s works in Westminster. 

The Rolling Stones give their first public performance at the Marquee Club in London.