Abel Tasman became the first European to discover Tasmania and named it Van Diemen’s Land.
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Psy's 'Gangnam Style' music video became the most viewed video on YouTube, passing 800 million views.
The very first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in Atlanta's Greenbriar Mall.
Astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree recorded the first known observation of a transit of Venus across the sun.
Ireland ended its ban on divorce.
Charles Darwin published his revolutionary work, On the Origin of Species.
