This Day in History 1630: John Winthrop, the newly selected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company, lands at Salem. He will lead the colony for the next two decades. Learn more about John Winthrop. 1937: In the USSR, as part of Joseph Stalin's purges of Communist Party leadership, eight generals in the Soviet army are executed for conspiracy against the government. Learn more about Joseph Stalin. 1963: Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and considered the most expensive movie ever made to that point, premieres in New York City. Learn more about Elizabeth Taylor. 1963: NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is shot and killed outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Not until 1994 is white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith convicted of the crime. Learn more about Medgar Evers. 1964: Nelson Mandela, along with other members of the African National Congress, is sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage, treason, and conspiracy in South Africa. Learn more about Nelson Mandela. 1979: Pedalled by cyclist Bryan Allen, the Gossamer Albatross becomes the first human-powered vehicle to fly over the English Channel. Learn more about Aviation.

Born on This Day John A. Roebling, bridge engineer (1806) Chick Corea, jazz pianist (1941) Egon Schiele, painter (1890) Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon, British statesman (1897) George H. W. Bush, president (1924) Harriet Martineau, writer and social crusader (1802) Mystery Person of the Day Who am I? I was born on this day in 1929. My teenage diary is one of the best-known books of the 20th century.

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