1834 Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs

1893 Opera “Hansel und Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdinck and his sister Adelheid Wette premieres in Weimar, conducted by Richard Strauss

1914 World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt

1954 The first human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts

1956 Egypt — British and French troops withdraw from the Suez Canal

1996 Four women ordained priests in Jamaica, the first in 330 years of Anglican history

Kisan Divas or Farmer’s Day or National Farmer’s Day is celebrated in India