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- 1492 Christopher Columbus, with Juan de la Cosa as second-in-command, sets sail on his first voyage with three ships: Santa María, Pinta, and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, for the "Indies"
- 1596 German astronomer and priest David Fabricius discovers the light variation of Mira (1st variable star)
- 1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France, beginning World War I
- 1934 Adolf Hitler merges the offices of German Chancellor and President, declaring himself "Führer" (leader)
- 1972 US Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union to limit the use of missile systems capable of defending against missile-delivered nuclear weapons
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- 1995 CNN en Español premieres
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- 2017 Camila Cabello releases her single "Havana" (biggest song worldwide in 2018, 19 million copies sold)
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First known letter sent from North America by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland
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South African government bans records by The Beatles
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