1563 Council of Trent holds its last session, after 18 years. Last ecumenical council for more than 300 years.
1619 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.
1791 Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, first published
1829 Britain outlaws "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
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