Other events of the day:
1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel painted by Michelangelo is shown to the public for the first time.
1520 - Strait of Magellan opens.
1604 - Shakespeare's Othello premiered at Whitehall in London.
1,611 - Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" was performed there for the first time.
1863 - George Parker, inventor of the fountain pen and founder of the Parker Pen Company, was born.
1870 - The US Weather Bureau issued its first official forecast.
1872 - Higher women's courses were opened in Moscow.
1897 - Turin students founded the Juventus football club.
1959 - The first wedding palace in the Soviet Union was opened in Leningrad.
1960 - Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, was born.
1962 - Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Magen Furuholman, keyboardist of A-Ha, are born.
1977 - passenger flights of the supersonic Tu-144 began.
1989 - "2x2", the first commercial TV channel in the Soviet Union, began broadcasting.
1993 - The national currency manat was introduced in Turkmenistan.
1997 - The "Taruba" TV channel began broadcasting.
1998 - Mika Hakkinen became Formula 1 champion for the first time.
2015 - Match TV channel started broadcasting.
Independence Day - Antigua and Barbuda.
Day of the Dead (Díšel Matím) - Mexico, Haiti.
Police Day - Kyrgyzstan.
Classics Day (Koten La Hi) - Japan.
National Cinnamon Day - USA.
National Brush Day - USA.
National Vinegar Day - USA.
National Pate Day - USA.
National Calzone Day - USA.
National Family Literacy Day - USA.
National Author Day - USA.
Buddhist festival of the Buddha's descent "Lehab Duisan" (Lehab Duchen).
International Acromegaly Awareness Day.
International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day.