NASA celebrated April Fool’s Day by telling the world that they found water on Mars.
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The first edition of The Standard was published in London.
The Bolivian city of Potosí was founded after vast deposits of silver were discovered in the mountains nearby.
The lost Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered by a Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
The Royal Canadian Air Force was formed out of the Canadian Air Force.
Great Britain claimed The Straits Settlements as crown colonies: Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
