Historical Events

673 Synod of Hertford holds the first general council of the Anglo-Saxon Church, issuing 10 canons

1664 Dutch Fort Orange (New Netherland) in present-day Albany, New York, surrenders to the English

1838 Anti-Corn Law League forms to repeal English Corn Laws

Kingdom of Sarawak

1841 British adventurer James Brooke obtains land around the Sarawak river from the Sultan of Brunei

1850 A Papal bull is issued, establishing the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England

PM Alfred Deakin

1903 Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Barton as Prime Minister of Australia

Private Lives

1930 Noël Coward 's play "Private Lives" premieres in London

1951 Industrial estate opens at Harlow New Town, England

1963 US Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and USSR limiting nuclear t

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