NASA launched the Phoenix spaceship from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US.
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A galaxy named 'Dwingeloo 1' was discovered to be just 10 million light-years from our own.
Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog took to Twitter to tell the public that they had broken up.
The Treaty of Sistova was signed, which ended the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
Two passenger trains derailed in Madhya Pradesh, India.
The first printed edition of the Zohar (Jewish kabbalah) was published.
