1612 – First observation of Neptune – Galileo observes and records a “fixed star” without realising it is a planet
1821 – Naples: Gioacchini Rossini moves to Bologna
1869 – William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum
1897 – Edmond Rostand’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” premieres in Paris
1902 – Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US
1905 – Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910)
1975 – “The Hail Mary”, with 32 seconds left in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a desperate 50-yard winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, and the “Hail Mary” play is born
1976 – Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa
1984 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
2013 – Early signs of Ebola epidemic: 2 year old child in Guinea dies of an unidentified haemorraghic fever; mother, sister and grandmother soon follow
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