1520 - A strong storm strikes Friesland, the Netherlands.
1795 - Curacao government bans slave labor on Sunday.
1820 - A whale of 80 tonne attacks the Essex ship at 2,000 miles from the west coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The film Moby Dick by Herman Melville from 1851 is inspired by this event.
1833 - Charles Darwin reached Punta Gorda, sees the Rio River in Uruguay.
1866 - Founded Howard University, Washington.
1917 - The Republic of Ukraine was declared.
1998 - The first module of the Inner-Space Space Station, Zarya, was launched.
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