1530 The Recess document resulting from the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and catholic princes 1620 The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast 1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, reaches the Pacific Ocean, first European Americans to cross the west 1863 US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning; "Four score and 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 and Alan Bean become the 3rd and 4th humans on the Moon 1985 US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time | 
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