1502 - Vasco da Gama returns to Calicut, India for the second time.
1772 - Captain Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown
1864 - Helena, Montana's capital, founded
1967 - USSR Kosmos 186 & 188 make 1st automatic docking & Venmera 13 launch
1973 - The Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time.
1979 - NASA launches space vehicle S-203
1980 - NASA launches Flt Satcom-4
