1693 - Mt Etna in Sicily erupts; killed 80 000.
1908 - The Grand Canyon National Park is created.
1962 - An earthquake induced rock and snow avalanche on Mount Huascaran, Peru causing 4,000 deaths.
1996 - Space Shuttle Endeavour (Mission STS-72); NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour, marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
2008 – Die Edmund Hillary - the first conqueror of Mount Everest.
