Napoleon Bonaparte left Egypt to return home to France.
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Mars had a 'close encounter' with Earth at 34.8 million miles apart.
Nicki Minaj's Super Freaky Girl debuted at number one on Billboard's Hot 100.
The first-ever photograph was taken of the Earth from the surface of the Moon.
The first-ever message was sent from a ship to the shore at Cliff House, San Francisco.
Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
