During his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus spotted Jamaica and landed at Discovery Bay.
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Bhumibol Adulyadej was crowned King of Thailand.
Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, became the ruler of the Mongol Empire.
Mary Kies became the first woman ever to acquire a patent.
Secretariat made history when he finished the Kentucky Derby in record time.
A conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon occurred.
