62 - Pompeii earthquake; strikes Pompeii, Italy.
1783 - Calabrian earthquakes; a sequence of strong earthquakes begins in Calabria.
1869 - The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
1971 - Apollo Program: Apollo 14; Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell land on the Moon.
2008 - Super Tuesday tornado outbreak: A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves 57 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak.
