1521 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines
1861 - The Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) is proclaimed.
1921 – Was born Ivan Nestorovski, an Macedonian geologist.
1958 - The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
1963 - Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing 11,000.
2013 - The largest meteorite (since NASA started observing the moon in 2005) hit the moon.
