79 - Vesuvius eruption, Pompeii and Herculaneum destroyed, 15 000 dead.
1608 - The first English convoy is crowned in Surat, India.
1899 - A group of Zagreb scholars discovered bones, teeth and tools in the area of the Krapina area, the findings were significant evidence of the true Darwin science of evolution.
1960 - In the East of Antarctica the record lowest temperature was measured: -88 ° C.
2006 - Defined the term "planet" by the MAS in Prague, the Czech Republic, according to which Pluto is a planet-dwarf, and the solar system has 8 planets.
