Today:
1493 – Christopher Columbus first sighted the island of Puerto Rico during his second voyage to the Americas.
1620 – The Pilgrims reached Cape Cod aboard the Mayflower after a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
1703 – The Great Storm of 1703 began, one of the most severe storms ever recorded in the British Isles.
1863 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
1881 – A meteorite fell near the town of Grossliebenthal, near Odessa, Ukraine.
1941 – The cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran sank off the coast of Western Australia, resulting in the loss of all 645 crew aboard Sydney.
1969 – Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean became the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made a historic visit to Israel, becoming the first Arab leader to do so.
1985 – Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time at the Geneva Summit, aiming to ease Cold War tensions.
1998 – The U.S. House of Representatives began impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
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