1492 - Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
1743 - Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury were organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
1838 - Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
1967 - ATS-3 launched by US to take first pictures of full Earth disc
1994 - Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun
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