Explorer John Cabot claimed Canada for England, thinking he was in Asia when he was actually in Nova Scotia.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest premiered at Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California.
The Women's International Soccer team played at a world record altitude of 18,999 ft at Kilimanjaro.
Pakistan International Airlines grounded 150 of its pilots after discovering their licenses were fake.
An announcement was made to say that all cigarette packages in the US must display health warnings.
A mysterious outbreak of dancing plague or choreomania occurred in the German city of Aachen.