In 1535, Sir Thomas More went on trial in England, charged with treason for rejecting the Oath of Supremacy.
In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act united the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
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Actress Olivia de Haviland (1916)
Movie director Sydney Pollack (1934)
Actor Jamie Farr (1934)
Dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp (1941)
Actress Karen Black (1942)
Actress Genevieve Bujold (1942)
Actor-comedian Dan Aykroyd (1952)
Actress Lorna Patterson (1957)
Diana, the Princess of Wales, (1961)
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"Perhaps the most striking thing about Canada is that it is not part of the United States."