1407 – Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma
1516 – 1st Jewish ghetto established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
1710 – The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain
1816 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge recites his poem “Kubla Khan” to fellow poet Lord Byron, who persuades him to publish it
1925 – Tsaritsyn re-named Stalingrad (now Volgograd)
1954 – KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 – Ferry Wahine sinks in Wellington harbour, New Zealand on route from Lyttelton (51 killed)
1974 – Magicians Penn and Teller 1st meet
1986 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2005 – At 16 years, 271 days James Vaughan scores for Everton in a 4-0 win against Crystal Palace at Goodison Park; becomes youngest goalscorer in EPL history