Astronomer Galileo demonstrated one of his earlier telescopes to Venetian lawmakers.
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Alicia Thornton became the first British female jockey after taking part in a horse race at York Racecourse in Knavesmire, England.
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft entered interstellar space, becoming the first artificial object to do so.
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, the conquistador, founded Havana on the southern part of the island.
Belarus declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
Captain James Cook set sail on his first voyage from Plymouth, heading for the Pacific Ocean.
