1851
A whale of a story
Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick was published.
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1889
Nellie Bly set out to beat Jules Verne's fictional Phileas Fogg's time of 80 days to travel around the world. She did it in 72.
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1922
The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service.
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1969
Apollo 12, the second manned lunar expedition, was launched.
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1995
The U.S. federal government began a partial shut down of government services after the U.S. Congress could not pass a budget.
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2002
Nancy Pelosi of California became the first woman to lead a party in Congress.
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2003
The most distant object ever found in our solar system, named Sedna, was discovered by astronomers at the Mount Palomar Observatory.
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