835 – All Saints Day made compulsory by Pope Gregory IV throughout Frankish Kingdom
1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo’s finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
1604 – William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello” first presented
1894 – Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
1928 – Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km
1991 – The Maastricht Treaty comes into effect, formally establishing the European Union (EU).
1993 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo’s finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
1997 – “Titanic” directed by James Cameron, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet premieres at the Tokyo International Film Festival (Academy Awards Best Picture 1998)
1998 – The European Court of Human Rights is instituted.
2012 – Scientists detect evidence of light from the universe’s first stars, predicted to have formed 500 million years after the big bang
Via Britannica / On This Day
