1093 – St. Anselm of Canterbury was consecrated as archbishop. 1154 – Adrian IV was elected pope, becoming the only Englishman to occupy the papal throne. 1533 – On this day in 1533, the three-year-old who became Ivan the Terrible was proclaimed grand prince of Moscow upon the death of his father, Grand Prince Vasily III, with his mother ruling in Ivan’s name until her death in 1538. 1534 – Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad. 1563 – Council of Trent holds its last session, after 18 years. Last ecumenical council for more than 300 years. 1619 – 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many the first Thanksgiving in the Americas. 1791 – Britain’s Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, first published. 1829 – Britain outlaws “suttee” in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband’s funeral pyre). 1918 –US President Woodrow Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France. 1996 – The unmanned space vehicle Mars Pathfinder was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in order to explore the surface of Mars.
Sport :1943 – Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes.
Music:1927 – Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem
1980 – Several months after the death of drummer John Bonham, the British rock band Led Zeppelin announced that it was officially disbanding; the group later re-formed for short one-off performances on several occasions.
TV & Film: 1933 – Jack Kirkland’s play “Tobacco Road” premieres in NYC, became the longest-running play of its time.
