1451 Sultan Mehmed II, the Conqueror inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire 1509 The Battle of Diu, naval battle at port of Diu, India between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire, establishes Portuguese trading control 1870 US state of Iowa ratifies the 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution allowing suffrage for all races & colour 1928 Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports his findings on the ancient human fossils found at Zhoukoudian, China in the journal Nature and declares them to be a new species he names 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus') 1966 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9) | 
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