1077 – Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV gives the district of Stavoren to the bishop of Utrecht (Conrad, his former tutor)
1739 – Great Britain declares war on Spain: War of Jenkins’ Ear [NS=Oct 19]
1961 – Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin’s body from Lenin’s tomb in Red Square as part of de-Stalinization efforts
1974 – “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” horror film premieres in Los Angeles
1989 – Smith Dairy at Orrville Ohio, makes largest milk shake (1,575.2 gal)
1991 – Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain
1994 – Thomas Nicely reports bug in Intel’s Pentium-processor on the Internet
2003 – “Wicked” premieres on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre starring Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth
2011 – Czech tennis star Petra Kvitová beats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey
2016 – Canada and the EU sign free trade deal after opposition by Belgium