1178 – Explanation of the Moon's crater foundation (more than 350,000,000 years), by Giordano Bruno, when five monks to Kanterbri reported that they had spotted a blast on the moon (the only such recorded in history until 2005, when a second such was recorded explosion).
1583 - The first life insurance policy in the world was issued in London.
1948 - The United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted the "International Declaration on Human Rights".
1953 - Egypt was declared a republic after the overthrow of the Farouk regime. The first president of Egypt became Nagib.
1977 - For the first time the test model of the spacecraft "Enterprise" flies with the crew.
