Explorer Christopher Columbus, on his second voyage, found Dominica and the Kalinago people.
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The Soviet Union sent a dog into space aboard the spacecraft Sputnik II.
The International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected 'SOS' (· · · – – – · · ·) as the global standard for radio distress calls.
George W Bush secured his second term as President of the United States.
The parliament of England passed the first Act of Supremacy, granting the monarch complete control of the Church of England.
NASA launched the last space probe in the Mariner Program, Mariner 10.
