1530 The Recess document resulting from the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and catholic princes
1620 The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod & explores the coast
1805 Lewis & Clark expedition reaches the Pacific Ocean, first European Americans to cross the west
1863 US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning; "Four score & seven years ago..."
1942 Operation Uranus: Soviet offensive begins during Battle of Stalingrad, 1 million Soviet soldiers encircle the German Sixth Army
1969 Apollo 12's Charles Conrad & Alan Bean become 3rd & 4th humans on the Moon
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