0607 - The 12th recorded passage of Halley's Comet occurred.
1519 - Cortez landed in Mexico.
1660 - A statute was passed limiting the sale of slaves in the colony of Virginia.
1781 - Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
1852 - The New York "Lantern" newspaper published the first "Uncle Sam cartoon". It was drawn by Frank Henry Bellew.
1877 - Chester Greenwood patented the earmuff.
1930 - It was announced that the planet Pluto had been discovered by scientist Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory.
1941 - Adolf Hitler issued an edict calling for an invasion of the U.S.S.R.
1991 - Exxon paid $1 billion in fines and for the clean-up of the Alaskan oil spill.
2002 - Fox aired "Celebrity Boxing." Tonya Harding beat Paula Jones, Danny Banaduce beat Barry Williams and Todd Bridges defeated Vanilla Ice.
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