On this day in 1559, Scottish clergyman John Knox returned to Scotland from exile to lead the Scottish Reformation.
On this day in 1611, the King James Bible was published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
On this day in 1998 – the European Central Bank was founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
And on this day in 2012, a pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sold for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.