NASA’s Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet when it entered Mars’ orbit.
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The James Bond movie 'Casino Royale,' with Daniel Craig as Bond, premiered in London.
Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick' was published by Harper & Brothers in New York.
The discovery of an Earth-like planet 3.2 times bigger than our world was announced.
German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet sighted using a telescope.
A 19-mile crater was found under the Greenland Glacier.
