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