Mars had a “close encounter” with Earth at 34.8 million miles apart.
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India became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.
Napoleon Bonaparte left Egypt to return home to France.
Nicki Minaj's Super Freaky Girl debuted at number one on Billboard's Hot 100.
The largest farm worker strike in US history began.
French explorer Jacques Cartier arrived in the city of Quebec during his third voyage to Canada.