1595 - Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe
1843 - Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
1912 - A meteorite of estimated 190kg mass explodes over Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona, causing approximately 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the town.
1930 - Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Laurence McKinley Gould, and their polar expedition team return to the United States following the first exploration of the interior of Antarctica
1969 - Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit
1976 - Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
