1093 – Anselmo d’Aosta, Italian Benedictine monk seated as Anselm of Canterbury, Archbisop of Canterbury
1654 – England and Denmark sign trade agreement
1781 – -26] Joan Derks scatters “On the People of Netherlands” pamphlets
1861 – Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
1878 – British physician Dr. Charles Drysdale warns against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times newspaper in one of the earliest public health announcements on the dangers of smoking
1897 – 1st British bus service opens
1992 – Opening Main-Donau canal (North Sea-Black Sea)
1994 – Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
2007 – Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen’s 15th studio album “Magic”, made with the E Street Band
2008 – Supernatural-fantasy film “Painted Skin” directed by Gordon Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Chen Kun and Zhou Xun is released