1582 - France introduced the Gregorian calendar by skipping 10 days, and counting the day on December 9 as December 20.
1606 - The Susan Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery sets sail from England to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
1955 - Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales
1977 - 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut
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