1520 - Explorer Ferdinand Magellen and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become first Europeans to sail into the Pacific Ocean
1520 - João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
1923 - 1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich
1975 - Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched
2003 - Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.
