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1920 - Hudson River frozen at Albany
1944 – Скопје was libarated.
1971 - Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars)
1978 - NASA launches HEAO
1984 - David Levy finds his first comet
1985 - Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000
1993 - 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka
SKOPJE LIBERATION DAY
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1602 - Sebastian Viscaino lands at and names San Diego, California.
1823 - Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens
1927 - 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting NY to NJ opens
1933 - First known photo of so-called Loch Ness monster is taken
1970 - Cyclone Bhola makes landfall, deadliest tropical cyclone recorded kills up to 500,000 in East Pakistan (modern Bangladesh),
1981 - 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V)
2003 - With 501 km/h (311 mph) Shanghai Transrapid sets up a new world record for commercial railway systems.
World Pneumonia Day
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1493 - Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers Saba
1620 - Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod, Massachusetts
1911 - Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. (see The 11/11/11 cold wave).
1918 - Poland declares independence
1975 - Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
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1918 - Independence of Poland proclaimed by Józef Pilsudski
1938 - 8.3 earthquake shakes East of Shumagin Islands, Alaska
1968 - Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight
1970 - Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched
WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
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1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872. Close to 1,000 buildings destroyed
1913 - Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes
1918 - Bavaria proclaims itself a republic
1927 - Giant Panda discovered, China
1932 - Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500
1953 - Cambodia (aka Kampuchea) gains independence from Fance, within the French Union