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1509 - Henry VIII married his first wife, Catherine of Arragon.

1939 - King George V became the first English king to taste a hotdog, when he was served one at a party thrown by President Roosevelt.

1947 - The youth council of the Church of England warned that workplaces could be a moral minefield of sexual temptation to young people.

1997 - Mary Esposito of Georgia won an American competition to find the most cockroach-infested house. She had 75,000 in her home, and won $1,000.

1998 - It was announced that Prince Harry had passed his Eton entrance exam.

1999 - It was reported that, despite difficulties and a temporary separation, Macaulay Culkin and wife Rachel Milner were to celebrate their first wedding anniversary on June 21.

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