act of supremacy

1534
The English parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church.

1803
The Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

1944
Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines, 30 months after he said "I shall return."

1947
The U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee opened meetings about alleged Communist infiltration in the Hollywood film industry.

1964
The 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, died in New York at age 90.

1973
During the Watergate scandal, Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus resigned and special prosecutor Archibald Cox was dismissed by President Nixon in what came to be known as the "Saturday Night Massacre."