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Space Solar System

A massive explosion flattened a Siberian forest

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History Modern

Alexander Selkirk rescued after years marooned

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Technology Engineering

The BBC broadcasts the Greenwich "pips" for the first time

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History Modern

Captain Cook becomes the first European to reach Hawaii

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History Modern

Captain Cook's ship first crosses the Antarctic Circle

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History Medieval

Elizabeth I died, and two crowns drew closer

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History Modern

Francis Drake set out to circumnavigate the globe

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Technology Engineering

HMS Dreadnought makes every battleship obsolete

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Space Space Exploration

Laika became the first living creature to orbit Earth

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Food & Drink Food History

Nutmeg once grew on just one tiny cluster of islands

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History War & Conflict

The Battle of Lepanto broke the myth of Ottoman invincibility

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History War & Conflict

Nelson won Trafalgar and lost his life in the same afternoon

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History War & Conflict

The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic

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History Modern

The Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament was foiled

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History Modern

The mutiny on HMS Bounty broke out in the Pacific

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Technology Transportation

The RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton on its only voyage

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Space Astrophysics

The foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was laid

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Earth & Climate Natural Disasters

The Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic

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Space Solar System

William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus

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History Modern

Britain abolished its slave trade in 1807 — but not slavery itself

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Geography Borders & Maps

The whole world's longitude is measured from one line in London

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Society & Economy Trade

Spices were once so precious they launched the Age of Exploration

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