After a 15-month-long journey from earth, NASA’s Magellan went into orbit around Venus and began to map the planet.
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Monsanto became liable to pay out $289 million in damages to a groundsman who got terminal cancer from its 'Roundup' weed killer.
A century-old fruit cake was discovered in Antarctica that was ''almost edible.”
Portuguese explorer Diogo Dias became the first European to set foot on Madagascar.
Ecuador declared independence from Spain.
Missouri entered the United States Union and became the 24th state.
