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- 1978
Mark Vinchesi of Amherst, Massachusetts keeps a frisbee aloft for 15.2 seconds View Post →
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Venus and Jupiter are in conjunction - a possible astrological explanation for the Star of Bethlehem
- 1619
The first enslaved Africans arrive in Jamestown, setting the stage for slavery in North America
- 1908
America's Great White Fleet arrives in Sydney, Australia, where they are greeted with a tremendous welcome. 221 American sailors desert to remain in Australia
- 1945
A 17-year-old becomes the youngest person to hit a home run in Major League Baseball
- 1953
The Soviet Union announces that it has detonated a hydrogen bomb
- 1955
Colonel Horace A. Hanes, a U.S. Air Force pilot, flies to an altitude of 40,000 feet, reaching a speed of 822.135 mph in a Super Sabrejet
- 1977
NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter and Saturn (it later visits Uranus and Neptune as well)
- 2022
According to the UN, 22 million people are now at risk of starvation in the Horn of Africa, up 9 million since January, following the worst drought in 40 years
