1580 - Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published.
1785 - 1st manned flight by gas balloon in Netherlands
1850 - Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912)
1920 - Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent republic
1960 - Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence
1960 - Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched
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