1659 1st known cheque written (£400), now on display at Westminster Abbey 1840 American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica 1923 Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb and finds the sarcophagus 1959 Fidel Castro becomes the 16th Prime Minister of Cuba after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista 2005 The Kyoto Protocol comes into force following its ratification by Russia committing industrialized nations to limit and reduce greenhouse gases | 
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