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1178 – Explanation of the Moon's crater foundation (more than 350,000,000 years), by Giordano Bruno, when five monks to Kanterbri reported that they had spotted a blast on the moon (the only such recorded in history until 2005, when a second such was recorded explosion).
1583 - The first life insurance policy in the world was issued in London.
1948 - The United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted the "International Declaration on Human Rights".
1953 - Egypt was declared a republic after the overthrow of the Farouk regime. The first president of Egypt became Nagib.
1977 - For the first time the test model of the spacecraft "Enterprise" flies with the crew.
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1714 – Was born Cesar F Cassini, a French astronomer.
1864 - Construction of the James River Bridge in Virginia, 640 meters long, was built.
1882 - Tornado kills 130 in Iowa.
1895 - Construction of the US Ship Canal was completed.
1944 - Iceland declares independence from Denmark. (ICELAND NATIONAL DAY).
1945 - Day of unity in Zapadna Germania (National Day).
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1774 - The city of Harrodsburg was found, Kentucky.
1784 - The Netherlands forbids orange clothing.
1822 - Vessy is leading a rebellion against slavery in South Carolina.
1826 – Was born Constantin von Ettingshausen, an Austrian geologist.
1888 – Was born Peter Stoner, an American astronomer.
1897 - Signed the agreement to join the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
1909 - Sold the first commercial plane in the United States.
1911 - A meteorite weighing 772 grams hits near Kilborn, Columbia.
1963 - Mission Vostok 6: Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman cosmonaut in orbit around the Earth. It was the sixth Soviet and the tenth world cosmonaut.
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763 BC - The Assyrians notice the eclipse of the Sun, which will be needed to establish the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
1664 - The city of New Jersey was established.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin, proved the relationship between lightning and electrical discharge by putting a children's aircraft during a storm. On this day the lightning rod was found.
1836 - Arkansas becomes the 25th US state.
1860 - Founded the first settlement of white population in Idaho.
1896 - A tsunami hits the Sunriku beach in Japan during the Shinto festival, with 27,000 dead, 9,000 injured and 13,000 destroyed houses.
GLOBAL WIND DAY
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1777 - The United States flag with 13 red and white stripes and 13 stars on a blue field in the upper left corner was adopted by the US Congress.
1900 - Connected to the United States, Hawaii is constituted as an organized territory.
1962 - In Paris, the European Space Research Organization was founded, later renamed the European Space Agency.
1967 - The USSR launches the Kosmos 166 to explore the Sun from Earth's orbit.