1086 Results of the Domesday inquiry presented to William the Conqueror in Salisbury (the date of compilation and the Great Domesday are historically contestable)
1774 Joseph Priestley, English theologian, chemist and author discovers oxygen by isolating it in its gaseous state
1834 Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire - Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into effect
1958 US atomic submarine USS Nautilus begins 1st transit of North Pole "operation Sunshine"
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