NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft entered interstellar space, becoming the first artificial object to do so.
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Walden W. Shaw and John D. Hertz founded the Shaw Livery Company and introduced the yellow cabs to attract passengers.
Captain James Cook set sail on his first voyage from Plymouth, heading for the Pacific Ocean.
Naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor discovered the world's tallest tree in Redwood National Park, California.
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, the conquistador, founded Havana on the southern part of the island.
Belarus declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
