On his second voyage, Charles Darwin arrived at Tahiti and noted rich fertile lands and intelligent natives.
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English military officer Myles Standish lead 16 men to explore Cape Cod.
The Soviet Union's uncrewed Buran space shuttle completed its first and only space flight.
Isaac Pitman introduced his shorthand system, 'Stenographic Shorthand,' for writing.
Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spotted an unnamed mountain peak while exploring the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Sony released their PlayStation 4 in North America and sold one million units within 24 hours.
