STS 44 Atlantis 10 was launched into space.
It was the US’s 7th spacecraft launch.
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Abel Tasman became the first European to discover Tasmania and named it Van Diemen's Land.
Ireland ended its ban on divorce.
D.B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 and extorted a ransom of $200,000 before parachuting out of the plane with the money and was never seen again.
From this day until February 10, 1435, London's Thames river completely froze.
Charles Darwin published his revolutionary work, On the Origin of Species.
