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1497 – Italian sailor Amerigo Vespucci comes out on top of a group of ships in a journey for finding a new path to the Far East and Asia, and when he reaches the mainland he thinks he arrives in India only to discover South America.
1774 – Louis XVI ascends the throne of France.
1869 – The first railway line passing the American Continent inaugurated in the USA.
1940 – Nazi Germany invades Belgium and the Netherlands in Second World War.
1940 – Winston Churchill becomes UK’s Prime Minister.
Born today:
1755 – Robert Gray, an American explorer.
Passes away:
1774 – King Louis XV of France.
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