After nearly 80 years of business, the iconic plastic kitchenware brand Tupperware filed for bankruptcy.
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During his fourth and final voyage, Christopher Columbus arrived in Costa Rica.
The US spacecraft, Voyager, took the first-ever photograph of the moon and Earth together from space.
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The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, opened.
The New York Times published its first issue.