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1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain
1636 - Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) founded
1918 - Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up
1948 - Flag of Israel is adopted
1974 - Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon)
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740 - An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death.
1366 - Comet 55P/1366 U1 (Tempel-Tuttle) approaches 0.0229 AUs of Earth.
1825 - Erie Canal between Hudson River & Lake Erie opened.
1905 - Union of Sweden & Norway ends.
1968 - First European satellite launched, Esro 1, at Cape Kennedy.
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1492 - Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas)
1492 - Christopher Columbus' flagship the Santa María lands at Dominican Republic
2010 - Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, begins over a month of eruptions.
Slovenia Sovereignty Day
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1851 - William Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus
1901 - First woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor)
1946 - A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1964 – Zambia gains independence from United Kingdom. ZAMBIA INDEPENDENCE DAY.
1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission
2007 - First satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
UNITED NATIONS DAY
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION DAY
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4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher
1824 - 1st steam locomotive is introduced
1893 – In Thessaloniki is founded Macedonian Revolution Organisation.
DAY OF THE MACEDONIAN REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE
1927 - Town of Netanya Israel founded by Nathan Strauss
2004 - A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
2011 - A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
MOLE DAY