1568 - Netherlands declared independence from Spain.
1576 - Tycho Brahe is forsaken island Hveen to build the observatory Uraniborg.
1788 - North Carolina became the 8th federal state to ratify the US Constitution.
1887 - The first transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver.
2002 - Wave high temperatures affecting the Indian state of Andra Pradesh - 1030 people died. The temperature reached a staggering 51 ° C.
