1835 - Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake.
1872 - Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
1935 - Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
1962 - Project Mercury: Friendship 7 John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
2013 - The smallest Extrasolar planet, Kepler-37b is discovered.
