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||1520: The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage. | ||1520: The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage. | ||
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File:Alice and Niles Dancing.jpg|link=Alice and Niles Dancing|1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration ''[[Alice and Niles Dancing]]'' is a smash hit. | File:Alice and Niles Dancing.jpg|link=Alice and Niles Dancing|1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration ''[[Alice and Niles Dancing]]'' is a smash hit. | ||
||1924: Johannes Brückner dies ... geometer, known for his collection of polyhedral models. | ||1924: Johannes Brückner dies ... geometer, known for his collection of polyhedral models. Pic (models). | ||
||1938: Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing. | ||1938: Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing. | ||
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||1963: The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens. | ||1963: The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens. | ||
||1967: Ludwig Roth dies ... aerospace engineer who was the head of the Peenemünde Future Projects Office | ||1967: Ludwig Roth dies ... aerospace engineer who was the head of the Peenemünde Future Projects Office which designed the ''Wasserfall'' and created advanced rockets designs such as the A9/A10 ICBM. Roth arrived in New York under Operation Paperclip on November 16, 1945 via the SS Argentina[6] and served at Fort Bliss and Huntsville, Alabama. Pic. | ||
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1973: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. | File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1973: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. | ||
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||2008: Jacques Piccard dies ... oceanographer and engineer. Pic. | ||2008: Jacques Piccard dies ... oceanographer and engineer. Pic. | ||
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1585: Mathematician, physician, and astronomer Jan Brożek born. Brożek will contribute to a greater knowledge of Nicolaus Copernicus' theories, and be Copernicus' ardent supporter and early prospective biographer.
1790: Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration Alice and Niles Dancing is a smash hit.
1973: Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.