1754 - Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)
1781 - Andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
1854 - The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
1887 - Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF)
1896 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
1948 - Burma declares independence from UK
1958 - Sir Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole
1959 - Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity
1960 - European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
2010 - The official opening of Burj Khalifa the tallest skyscraper and building at 829.84 m (2,723 ft).
