Major Gordon Laing became the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
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A mega blackout happened on Java and Bali islands in Indonesia, affecting around 100 million people.
The United States Exploring Expedition set sail.
A funeral was held in Iceland for the loss of the Okjökull glacier.
President Donald Trump announced that he might want to buy Greenland and claim it for the US.
The USS Indianapolis warship, which sank during World War II, was discovered in the Pacific Ocean 3.4 miles below the surface.
