Ireland ended its ban on divorce.
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A catastrophic landslide on Mont Granier destroyed five villages.
Charles Darwin published his revolutionary work, On the Origin of Species.
A four-day ceasefire in Gaza between HAMAS and Israeli forces began.
Astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree recorded the first known observation of a transit of Venus across the sun.
Photographer Alfred Stieglitz opened The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in Manhattan, New York.
