1537: First printing in England of the complete English-language Bible, the “Matthew’s Bible,” with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale (an update of the earlier “Coverdale Bible”) [exact month/day unclear]

1582: Last Julian calendar day in Spain, Portugal, and the Papal States. To sync to the Gregorian calendar 10 days are skipped, and the next date is Oct 15.

1883: The Orient Express departs on its first official journey from Paris to Istanbul

1900: In a final confrontation, around 4,000 Ashantis are defeated by the British in the Gold Coast (Ghana)

1957: Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first artificial Earth satellite, into an elliptical low Earth orbit

1993: Troops and tanks under President Boris Yeltsin shell and occupy the Russian White House in Moscow, the seat of government of the Russian Federation

2023: Kevin McCarthy becomes the first Speaker of the US House of Representatives to be removed from office after fellow Republican hardliners, led by Matt Gaetz, vote for his ouster

Source: Onthisday.com