1540 - The researcher Hernando de Alarcon travels along the Colorado River.
1609 - Galileo demonstrates the first telescope of Venetian parliamentarians.
1768 - Captain Cook leaves Plymouth to the Pacific Ocean.
1825 - Uruguay declares independence from BRASIL (NATIONAL DAY).
1940 - Latvia, Lebanon and Estonia included in the Soviet Union.
1988 - NASA launches spacecraft S-214.
1989 - After 12 years, 4 billion miles, Voyager 2 flying around Neptune and his moon Triton, sends photos of the wetlands.
