1537 first imprinting in Britain of complete English-language Book of scriptures, the “Matthew’s Book of scriptures”, with interpretations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale (an update of the prior “Coverdale Book of scriptures”)
1582 Last Julian schedule day in Spain, Portugal and ecclesiastical states. To adjust to the Gregorian schedule, 10 days are skipped and the following date is Oct 15.
1883 The Orient Express leaves on its most memorable authority venture from Paris to Istanbul
1900 In a last a conflict, around 4,000 Ashantis are crushed by the English in the Gold Coast (Ghana)
1957 Soviet Association dispatches Sputnik I, the first fake Earth satellite into curved low Earth circle
1993 Soldiers and tanks of President Boris Yeltsin shell and possess the Russian White House in Moscow, the place of administration of the Russian League
2006 WikiLeaks is sent off, made by web lobbyist Julian Assange
Renowned Weddings
1539 English Ruler Henry VIII weds Anne of Cleves, his fourth spouse
1767 Ruler Willem the fifth weds Prussian princess Wilhelmina
1795 “Rime of the Old Sailor” artist Samuel Coleridge (22) weds Sarah Fricker in Bristol, Britainhttps://www.onthisday.com/
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