2021
Near-earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa, the size of a ferris wheel, very likely a fragment of the moon, according to a new study.
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2020
UK becomes the first European country to record over 50,000 Covid-19 related 50,000; 5fth country, after the US, Brazil, India, and Mexico.
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2011
The much-anticipated Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released for PC, PS4, and Xbox 360.
Due to Bethesda being acquired by Microsoft, this was the last Elder Scrolls game to be released for a PlayStation console.
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2000
Canada’s second-largest city, Montreal, started dumping untreated waste in the Saint Lawrence River.
The city said it was necessary to dump untreated waste into the river for up to a week while essential sewage works were happening in the town. Many environmentalists at the time raised their concerns; however, the city responded by saying that if repairs were not taken care of, it could result in even worse environmental issues down the line with raw sewage.
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1966
NASA launched the Gemini program’s tenth and final crewed spacecraft, Gemini 12.
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1954
British writer J. R. R. Tolkien, famous for writing The Lord of The Rings fantasy novels, published his second volume of the series, The Two Towers.
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1918
Poland became an independent country.
The country claimed independence from the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian Empires.
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1918
After nearly four and a half years of cataclysmic conflict, World War I ended.
The bloodshed finally halted after an armistice was signed between Germany and the Allies. Over sixty-eight million people lost their lives in just under half a decade, civilians and soldiers alike.
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1890
Daniel McCree patented the portable fire escape in the US.
The device was designed to be placed near a window in a building and allowed people to descend safely outside.
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1887
The Manchester Ship Canal started its construction in Eastham, England.
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1851
Inventor Alan Clark was granted his patent for the telescope.
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1790
Chrysanthemums were believed to have been introduced from China to England.
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1750
The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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1675
German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time.
Leibniz had been working alongside Sir Issac Newton for many years on calculus. However, Leibniz did not publish his findings until 1684.
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1572
Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe witnessed the supernova SN 1572.
Tycho didn’t know it was a supernova at the time, as the current theories established that space was eternally unchangeable. He saw an intensely bright star in a part of the Cassiopeia constellation where no previously recorded stars existed.
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1493
Christopher Columbus discovered Sint Maarten in the West Indies.
The island is called St. Martin, with the southern portion of it still called Sint Maarten.
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1215
Pope Innocent III brought together the council for the Fourth Council of the Lateran, which was held at the Lateran Palace in Rome, Italy.
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