1904 J. Robert Oppenheimer - US physicist who headed the Manhattan Project and directed research at Los Alamos, leading to the production of first atomic bomb

There was a short-lived TV show called Manhattan or Manhattan Project (don't remember which) and I think it was only on for one season. I really liked it and then it was gone.

1509 Henry VIII ascended the throne of England following the death of his father, Henry VII. He would reign until his death in 1547, marrying six times and beheading two of those wives. Under his rule, England broke with Rome and the King became the head of the Church of England. Queen Elizabeth I was Henry's daughter by Anne Boleyn

How does it go? Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced beheaded survived? I think that's it.