2006

In the High Court of Justice in London the authors of the 1982 book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, sue Random House, publishers of the Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code, claiming that Brown’s book contains ideas stolen from them.

2003

In England, Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury.


1900

The Labour Representation Committee is formed in Britain by the Independent Labour Party, the Fabian Society, the Social Democratic Federation and trade unions at a conference in London.