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1357 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assists laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
1536 - French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada
1815 - 1st natural gas well in US is discovered
1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain
1900 - The Commonwealth of Australia is established by the British House of Commons
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1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs for on his first voyage - becomes first European to reach India by sea
1777 - Vermont introduces new constitution making it 1st US state to abolish slavery
1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena
1978 - Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
1979 - Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
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1668 - Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
1850 - Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia
1956 - Fritz Moravec reaches the peak of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m).
1969 - Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English languages.
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1484 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
1573 - Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
1863 - Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia.
1964 - Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) declares independence from UK.
1966 - Malawi becomes a republic, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes president.
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1610 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
1643 - 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1687 - Isaac Newton's great work PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England. Outlines his laws of motion and universal gravitation.
1811 - Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain.
1841 - Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency.
1859 - Capt N C Brooks discovers Midway Islands.
1962 - Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule.
1975 - Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule.