A galaxy named “Dwingeloo 1” was discovered to be just 10 million light-years from our own.
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Californian Judge Vaughn Walker overturned the same-sex marriage ban.
NASA launched the Phoenix spaceship from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US.
The first printed edition of the Zohar (Jewish kabbalah) was published.
Mount Asama erupted in Japan, killing around 1,400 people.
The Treaty of Sistova was signed, which ended the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.