French explorer Jacques Cartier arrived in the city of Quebec during his third voyage to Canada.
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The first-ever photograph was taken of the Earth from the surface of the Moon.
India became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.
Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) was founded with 147 churches from 44 countries.
Mars had a 'close encounter' with Earth at 34.8 million miles apart.
