512 - A solar eclipse is observed by an Irish chronicler.
1534 - Jacques Cartier reveals the islands of Prince Edward, Canada.
1904 - Prehistoric bones were discovered in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
1916 - The first plane crash on Boeing.
1961 - Transit 4a is launched, first of nuclear power.
1962 - George Zamka, an American astronaut, was born.
