A galaxy named “Dwingeloo 1” was discovered to be just 10 million light-years from our own.
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The Treaty of Sistova was signed, which ended the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
Mount Asama erupted in Japan, killing around 1,400 people.
The first printed edition of the Zohar (Jewish kabbalah) was published.
NASA launched the Phoenix spaceship from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US.
Officers closed a highway in Alberta, Canada, after a truck carrying 104 beehives overturned.