374 - 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1832 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1°N, 29°W)
1840 - American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1948 - Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time
1961 - Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
1962 - North Sea flood of 1962: Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
1994 - 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
