NASA launched the Gemini program’s tenth and final crewed spacecraft, Gemini 12.
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Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe witnessed the supernova SN 1572.
Washington became the 42nd state to join the United States of America.
Chrysanthemums were believed to have been introduced from China to England.
British writer J. R. R. Tolkien, famous for writing The Lord of The Rings fantasy novels, published his second volume of the series, The Two Towers.
The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
