1520 - The Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan.
1755 - Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000
1870 - US Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations)
1954 - The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence against France.
1973 - From rank station Trubarevo went first electric train in Macedonia.
1981 - Antigua & Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day)
