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1607 - A strong flood in England destroys about 200 miles square and results in about 2 000 casualties.
1774 - Captain Cook in the south reaches 71 ° 10 ' at 1 820 km from the South Pole (then a record).
1847 - Yerba Buena in California has been renamed San Francisco.
1964 - Ranger 6 is launched; realizes flight to the moon.
1969 - Canadian-American ISIS 1 has been launched to investigate the ionosphere.
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320 - Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
1386 - Opening of the University of Heidelberg
1867 - US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)
1954 - Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US
1967 - Soviet Venera 4 becomes 1st probe to send data back from Venus
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