On this day in
1533, Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of
Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Empire.
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On this day in
1851, author
Herman Melville's epic novel
Moby Dick is first published. It's the story of one man's quest to find a gigantic snow-white penis-shaped beast called a "Sperm Whale" so he can repeatedly thrust his harpoon into it. I mean, seriously... who the fuck was this Melville cat trying to kid?! Kinda makes yer old pal Jerky think that maybe "Call me, Ishmael" wasn't an introduction so much as an invitation!
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On this day in
1910, aviator
Eugene Burton Ely performs the first take off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
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On this day in
1967, American physicist
Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
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On this day in the year
1973, Britain's
Princess Anne injects some much-needed chromosomal chlorine into the British Royal Family's gene pool when she marries "a common commoner," Captain
Mark Phillips of Her Majesty's Royal Fusilier Brigade or whatever.
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On this day in
1979, US President
Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
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