1609 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers 1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans founded 1768 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth, England, on his first voyage on board the Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean 1894 Japanese scientist Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet 1944 French General Charles de Gaulle walks the Champs Elysees in Paris after the liberation of the city from Nazi occupation 1990 UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq 1991 Linux is born when Linus Torvalds sends off an email announcing his project to create a new computer operating system | 
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