Explorer Christopher Columbus, on his second voyage, found Dominica and the Kalinago people.
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The Times of India was founded, making it the largest English-language newspaper in the world.
The Soviet Union sent a dog into space aboard the spacecraft Sputnik II.
Political activist and French playwright Olympe de Gouges was guillotined.
Louis Chevrolet incorporated the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
Americans headed to the polls to vote for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the US Presidential Election.